Stauffer's Tree Frog
Scinax staufferi
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAmphibia (Amfibis)
- OrderAnura (Anurs)
- FamilyHylidae (Hylid Tree Frogs)
- GenusScinax (Snouted Tree Frogs)
- SpeciesScinax staufferi (Stauffer's Tree Frog)
Scinax staufferi is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches. Wikipedia →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Stauffer's Tree Frog sighting in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, based on 7 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve
Mexican Smilisca
Smilisca baudinii
Yellow Treefrog
Dendropsophus microcephalus
Painted Tree Frog
Tlalocohyla picta
Harlequin Treefrog
Dendropsophus ebraccatus
Mahogany Tree Frog
Tlalocohyla loquax
Central American Gulf Coast Toad
Incilius valliceps
Giant Marine Toad
Rhinella horribilis
Browns' Frog
Lithobates brownorum
Vaillant's Frog
Lithobates vaillanti
Common Leaf-Litter Frog
Craugastor loki
Leprus Chirping Frog
Eleutherodactylus leprus
Alfred's Rainfrog
Craugastor alfredi
📅 Monthly Probability
🌙 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 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 7 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 8 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 9 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 12 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 13 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Stauffer's Tree Frog in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve?
About 9% of wildlife watchers report a Stauffer's Tree Frog sighting in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, based on 7 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Stauffer's Tree Frog in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve?
July has the highest sighting rate for Stauffer's Tree Frog in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.