Yucatán Casque-headed Tree Frog
Triprion petasatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAmphibia (Amfibis)
- OrderAnura (Anurs)
- FamilyHylidae (Hylid Tree Frogs)
- GenusTriprion (Shovel-headed Tree Frogs)
- SpeciesTriprion petasatus (Yucatán Casque-headed Tree Frog)
Triprion petasatus, Yucatán shovel-headed tree frog, Yucatán casque-headed tree frog, or Yucatán casquehead tree frog is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, moist savanna, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, aquaculture ponds, and canals and ditches. Wikipedia →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Yucatán Casque-headed Tree Frog sighting in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve
Mexican Smilisca
Smilisca baudinii
Veined Frog
Trachycephalus typhonius
Stauffer's Tree Frog
Scinax staufferi
Painted Tree Frog
Tlalocohyla picta
Central American Gulf Coast Toad
Incilius valliceps
Browns' Frog
Lithobates brownorum
Yucatan rainfrog
Craugastor yucatanensis
Black Jungle-Frog
Leptodactylus melanonotus
Sheep Frog
Hypopachus variolosus
Mexican Burrowing Toad
Rhinophrynus dorsalis
Mexican White-lipped Frog
Leptodactylus fragilis
📅 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 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Yucatán Casque-headed Tree Frog in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve?
About 8% of wildlife watchers report a Yucatán Casque-headed Tree Frog sighting in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Yucatán Casque-headed Tree Frog in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve?
September has the highest sighting rate for Yucatán Casque-headed Tree Frog in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.