Lesser Tree Frog
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Lesser Tree Frog

Dendropsophus minutus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Manu National Park
6 Verified records at Manu National Park
February Best month highest sighting rate
🌙 Nocturnal When it's active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am)

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 →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Tree Frog sighting in Manu National Park, based on 6 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Manu National Park

Inotawa Tree Frog

Inotawa Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Dendropsophus kamagarini

10–20% · With luck
Red-skirted Tree Frog
LC

Red-skirted Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Dendropsophus rhodopeplus

10–20% · With luck
Mottled Clown Treefrog
LC

Mottled Clown Treefrog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Dendropsophus sarayacuensis

5–10% · With luck
Acre Tree Frog
LC

Acre Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Dendropsophus acreanus

5–10% · With luck
Variable Clown Tree Frog
LC

Variable Clown Tree Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Dendropsophus triangulum

5–10% · Rare
Clown Tree Frog
LC

Clown Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Dendropsophus leucophyllatus

5–10% · Rare
Pauini Tree Frog
Endemic

Pauini Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Dendropsophus pauiniensis

<5% · Rare
Marbled Tree Frog
LC

Marbled Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Dendropsophus marmoratus

<5% · Rare
Plain-colored Tree Frog
LC

Plain-colored Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Dendropsophus leali

<5% · Rare
Schubart's Rondonia Tree Frog
LC

Schubart's Rondonia Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Dendropsophus schubarti

Insufficient data
Sarayacu Tree Frog
LC

Sarayacu Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Dendropsophus parviceps

Insufficient data
Cardoso's Tree Frog
LC

Cardoso's Tree Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Dendropsophus timbeba

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
5–10
Mar
<5
Apr
5–10
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🌙 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 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
10–20%
2 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
5–10%
3 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
4 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
Insufficient data
5 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
6 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
7 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
8 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
9 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
10 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
11 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Lesser Tree Frog in Manu National Park?

About 4% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Tree Frog sighting in Manu National Park, based on 6 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Lesser Tree Frog in Manu National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Lesser Tree Frog in Manu National Park in our monthly data.

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