Chaco Tree Frog
Boana raniceps
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAmphibia (Amfibis)
- OrderAnura (Anurs)
- FamilyHylidae (Hylid Tree Frogs)
- GenusBoana (Gladiator Tree Frogs)
- SpeciesBoana raniceps (Chaco Tree Frog)
The Chaco tree frog (Boana raniceps) is a frog species in the family Hylidae found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forests. These organisms are considered general predators, meaning that they feed on a wide range of prey. They catch their prey using a sit-and-wait foraging technique. They tend to hunt high above the ground in the trees. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Iberá National Park
Montevideo Tree Frog
Boana pulchella
Lesser Snouted Tree Frog
Scinax nasicus
Uruguay Harlequin Frog
Lysapsus limellum
Brown-bordered Snouted Tree Frog
Scinax fuscomarginatus
Argentine Snouted Tree Frog
Scinax granulatus
Fuscous-blotched Snouted Tree Frog
Scinax fuscovarius
Dwarf Tree Frog
Dendropsophus nanus
Mato Grosso Snouted Tree Frog
Scinax acuminatus
Striped Snouted Tree Frog
Scinax squalirostris
Cururu Toad
Rhinella diptycha
Wrestler Frog
Leptodactylus luctator
Bella Vista Toad
Rhinella dorbignyi
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Chaco Tree Frog at Iberá National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌙 When They're Spotted
Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)
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 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |