Banana Tree Dwelling Frog
Boana platanera
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAmphibia (Amfibis)
- OrderAnura (Anurs)
- FamilyHylidae (Hylid Tree Frogs)
- GenusBoana (Gladiator Tree Frogs)
- SpeciesBoana platanera (Banana Tree Dwelling Frog)
Boana platanera, commonly known as the banana tree dwelling frog, is a species of tree frog in the family Hylidae. It is distributed within Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago. Boana platanera was described in 2021, and individuals of the species were previously classified as Boana crepitans or Boana xerophylla. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park
Rosenberg's Gladiator Frog
Boana rosenbergi
Rusty Tree Frog
Boana boans
Imbabura Tree Frog
Boana picturata
Boettger's Colombian Tree Frog
Dendropsophus columbianus
Masked Tree Frog
Smilisca phaeota
Giant Marine Toad
Rhinella horribilis
Johnstone's Whistling Frog
Eleutherodactylus johnstonei
Palmer's Robber Frog
Pristimantis palmeri
Atrato Glass Frog
Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum
Colombian Robber Frog
Pristimantis erythropleura
Pijaos' Glassfrog
Nymphargus pijao
Cachabi Robber Frog
Pristimantis achatinus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Banana Tree Dwelling Frog at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · 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 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 4 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Puracé National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |