Masked Tree Frog
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Masked Tree Frog

Smilisca phaeota

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park
3 Verified records at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park
🌙 Nocturnal When it's active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am)

The New Granada cross-banded tree frog (Smilisca phaeota), also known as the masked tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forests, ponds, and canals and ditches. Their nickname of masked tree frog comes from the black or dark colored markings that start at their nose and go back along the face toward their ear, covering their eye. Because it goes across their eye, it can help with camouflage, as many predators find prey by their open eyes. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park

Boettger's Colombian Tree Frog
LC Endemic

Boettger's Colombian Tree Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Dendropsophus columbianus

20–30% · Possible
Banana Tree Dwelling Frog
LC

Banana Tree Dwelling Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Boana platanera

Insufficient data
Rosenberg's Gladiator Frog
LC

Rosenberg's Gladiator Frog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Boana rosenbergi

Insufficient data
Rusty Tree Frog
LC

Rusty Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Boana boans

Insufficient data
Imbabura Tree Frog
LC

Imbabura Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Boana picturata

Insufficient data
Giant Marine Toad
LC

Giant Marine Toad

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Rhinella horribilis

10–20% · With luck
Johnstone's Whistling Frog
LC

Johnstone's Whistling Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Eleutherodactylus johnstonei

Insufficient data
Palmer's Robber Frog
LC Endemic

Palmer's Robber Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Pristimantis palmeri

10–20% · With luck
Atrato Glass Frog
LC

Atrato Glass Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum

Insufficient data
Colombian Robber Frog
LC Endemic

Colombian Robber Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Pristimantis erythropleura

10–20% · With luck
Pijaos' Glassfrog

Pijaos' Glassfrog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Nymphargus pijao

10–20% · With luck
Cachabi Robber Frog
LC

Cachabi Robber Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Pristimantis achatinus

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Masked Tree Frog at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌙 When They're Spotted

Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)

🌙Nocturnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
40–50%
2 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
40–50%
3 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
30–40%
4 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
30–40%
5 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
30–40%
6 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
30–40%
7 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
8 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
9 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
20–30%
10 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
11 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
12 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
10–20%
13 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
10–20%
14 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
15 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
10–20%
16 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
17 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
5–10%
18 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
19 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
20 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
21 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
22 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
23 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
24 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
25 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
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