6 species (see text) Cryptobatrachus is a genus of frogs in the family Hemiphractidae.

[1][2] They are also known as backpack frogs,[1] as the females have the habit of carrying their egg clutch on their backs until the young hatch; this behavior also occurs in the related hemiphractid genera Hemiphractus and Stefania.

[5] Also adhesive pads are present on the penultimate subarticular tubercles on the fingers.

[7] Cryptobatrachus occur on humid forested slopes in the mountain ranges of northern Colombia and northeast Venezuela at elevations of 360–2,400 m (1,180–7,870 ft) above sea level.

They are nocturnal and perch on low bushes or cling to rocks and cliffs in spray zones of waterfalls.