Drab Tree Frog

Smilisca sordida

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAmphibia (Amfibis)
OrderAnura (Anurs)
FamilyHylidae (Hylid Tree Frogs)
GenusSmilisca (Cross-banded Tree Frogs)
SpeciesSmilisca sordida (Drab Tree Frog)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Chirripó National Park

3 Verified records at Chirripó National Park

🌙 Nocturnal When it's active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am)

The Veragua cross-banded tree frog (Smilisca sordida) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forests, and canals and ditches. Scientists have observed it as high in the hills as 1525 meters above sea level. The adult male frog measures 36.2 mm long in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 56.3 mm. The skin of the dorsum is gray-brown in color and the belly is lighter. It has purple skin near the groin. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Chirripó National Park

Smilisca phaeota

10–20% · With luck

Smilisca sila

10–20% · With luck

Isthmohyla pseudopuma

Insufficient data

Scinax elaeochroa

Insufficient data

Espadarana prosoblepon

30–40% · Possible

Lithobates warszewitschii

20–30% · Possible

Craugastor crassidigitus

20–30% · With luck

Craugastor fitzingeri

10–20% · With luck

Pristimantis ridens

10–20% · With luck

Rhinella horribilis

10–20% · With luck

Pristimantis cruentus

5–10% · With luck

Craugastor podiciferus

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Drab Tree Frog at Chirripó National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌙 When They're Spotted

Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)

🌙Nocturnal

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	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	30–40%
2	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
3	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
4	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
5	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	5–10%
6	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	5–10%
7	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	5–10%
8	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	5–10%
9	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
10	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
11	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
12	Palo Verde National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
13	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
14	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
15	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
16	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

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Drab Tree Frog

Closest Relatives at Chirripó National Park

Masked Tree Frog

Pugnosed Tree Frog

Meadow Tree Frog

Sipurio Snouted Treefrog

Emerald Glass Frog

Warszewitsch's Frog

Isla Bonita Robber Frog

Fitzinger's Robber Frog

Pygmy Rain Frog

Giant Marine Toad

Golden-groined Robber Frog

Cerro Utyum Robber Frog

📅 Monthly Probability

🌙 When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found