Rusty Tree Frog
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Rusty Tree Frog

Boana boans

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Darién National Park
4 Verified records at Darién National Park
🌙 Nocturnal When it's active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am)

The rusty tree frog (Boana boans), also known as the giant gladiator treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in South America and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and intermittent freshwater marshes. In some areas, it is sympatric with H. rosenbergi. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Darién National Park

Rosenberg's Gladiator Frog
LC

Rosenberg's Gladiator Frog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Boana rosenbergi

Insufficient data
Red-webbed Tree Frog

Red-webbed Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Boana rufitela

Insufficient data
Milk Frog

Milk Frog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Trachycephalus macrotis

10–20% · With luck
Pugnosed Tree Frog
LC

Pugnosed Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Smilisca sila

Insufficient data
Red Snouted Tree Frog
LC

Red Snouted Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Scinax ruber

Insufficient data
Yellow Treefrog
LC

Yellow Treefrog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Dendropsophus microcephalus

Insufficient data
Caracas Snouted Tree Frog
LC

Caracas Snouted Tree Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Scinax rostratus

Insufficient data
Boulenger's Snouted Tree Frog
LC

Boulenger's Snouted Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Scinax boulengeri

Insufficient data
La Loma Tree Frog
EN

La Loma Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Hyloscirtus colymba

Insufficient data
San Carlos Treefrog
LC

San Carlos Treefrog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Dendropsophus phlebodes

Insufficient data
Harlequin Treefrog
LC

Harlequin Treefrog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Dendropsophus ebraccatus

Insufficient data
Masked Tree Frog
LC

Masked Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Smilisca phaeota

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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

🌙 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 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
20–30%
2 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
10–20%
3 Cordillera Azul National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
10–20%
4 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
5–10%
5 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
5–10%
6 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
7 Canaima National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
Insufficient data
8 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
Insufficient data
9 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
10 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
11 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
12 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
13 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
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