Mahogany Tree Frog
Tlalocohyla loquax
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAmphibia (Amfibis)
- OrderAnura (Anurs)
- FamilyHylidae (Hylid Tree Frogs)
- GenusTlalocohyla (Middle American Yellow-bellied Treefrogs)
- SpeciesTlalocohyla loquax (Mahogany Tree Frog)
The mahogany tree frog (Tlalocohyla loquax) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The adult male frog measures 33 to 45 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 38 to 47 mm. This frog has webbed skin on all four feet. This frog has bright yellow color on its back and some bright red near its vent and sides. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve
Painted Tree Frog
Tlalocohyla picta
Mexican Smilisca
Smilisca baudinii
Yellow Treefrog
Dendropsophus microcephalus
Stauffer's Tree Frog
Scinax staufferi
Harlequin Treefrog
Dendropsophus ebraccatus
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
Fewer than 5 records of Mahogany Tree Frog at Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌙 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 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 6 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |