Lesser Tree Frog
Dendropsophus minutus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAmphibia (Amfibis)
- OrderAnura (Anurs)
- FamilyHylidae (Hylid Tree Frogs)
- GenusDendropsophus (Yellow Tree Frogs)
- SpeciesDendropsophus minutus (Lesser Tree Frog)
Dendropsophus minutus (lesser treefrog) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. In Spanish it is known as ranita amarilla común. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches. Scientists have seen it as high as 2000 meters above sea level and as low as at sea level. During the breeding period, the male frogs perch on grass and shrubs near water and on plants mid-water. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Iguazú National Park
Dwarf Tree Frog
Dendropsophus nanus
ocellated tree frog
Itapotihyla langsdorffii
Blacksmith Tree Frog
Boana faber
Fuscous-blotched Snouted Tree Frog
Scinax fuscovarius
Yellow-spotted Tree Frog
Boana albopunctata
Cururu Toad
Rhinella diptycha
Cuvier’s Foam Frog
Physalaemus cuvieri
Mustached Frog
Leptodactylus mystacinus
Yellow Cururu Toad
Rhinella icterica
Two-colored oval frog
Elachistocleis bicolor
Ornate Forest toad
Rhinella ornata
Pointedbelly Frog
Leptodactylus podicipinus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Lesser Tree Frog at Iguazú 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 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 5 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 10 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina |