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This article presents information on the registration of Carrizalito small red bean. Small red dry bean Carrizalito was developed at the Escuela Agricola Panamericana in Zamorano, Honduras, and released for Honduras in 2003 and Costa Rica in 2004, in collaboration with the National Bean Programs of Honduras and Costa Rica, and the University of Puerto Rico. Carrizalito is a high yielding, disease resistant cultivar, adapted to the midaltitude bean production regions of Central America. In 2004, Carrizalito was mechanically inoculated at the University of Puerto Rico with the NL3 strain of Bean common mosaic necrotic virus (BCMV) and found to have top necrosis caused by the presence of the dominant I gene for resistance to BCMV. Ashy stem blight is favored by warm dry conditions associated with drought stress. Seedlings of Carrizalito were inoculated in the greenhouse at the UPR with the ashy stem blight pathogen Macrophominaphaseolina and found to be resistant. Carrizalito has an indeterminate upright, Type III growth habit with a short vine. Carrizalito flowers in 35 to 37 d and matures in 68 to 70 d.