Drab Tree Frog
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Drab Tree Frog

Smilisca sordida

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
30–40% · Possible
overall probability at Piedras Blancas National Park
35 Verified records at Piedras Blancas National Park
July Best month highest sighting rate
🌙 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 →

30–40% of wildlife watchers report a Drab Tree Frog sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park, based on 35 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Piedras Blancas National Park

Masked Tree Frog
LC

Masked Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Smilisca phaeota

30–40% · Possible
Pugnosed Tree Frog
LC

Pugnosed Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Smilisca sila

Insufficient data
Rosenberg's Gladiator Frog
LC

Rosenberg's Gladiator Frog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Boana rosenbergi

50–60% · Likely
Boulenger's Snouted Tree Frog
LC

Boulenger's Snouted Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Scinax boulengeri

30–40% · Possible
Sipurio Snouted Treefrog

Sipurio Snouted Treefrog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Scinax elaeochroa

30–40% · Possible
Harlequin Treefrog
LC

Harlequin Treefrog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Dendropsophus ebraccatus

20–30% · Possible
Yellow Treefrog
LC

Yellow Treefrog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Dendropsophus microcephalus

10–20% · With luck
Milk Frog

Milk Frog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Trachycephalus macrotis

10–20% · With luck
Red-webbed Tree Frog

Red-webbed Tree Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Boana rufitela

Insufficient data
Giant Marine Toad
LC

Giant Marine Toad

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Rhinella horribilis

50–60% · Likely
Red-eyed Treefrog
LC

Red-eyed Treefrog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Agalychnis callidryas

50–60% · Likely
Savage's Thin-toed Frog
LC

Savage's Thin-toed Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Leptodactylus savagei

50–60% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
40–50
Feb
40–50
Mar
10–20
Apr
<5
May
5–10
Jun
50–60
Jul
20–30
Aug
30–40
Sep
5–10
Oct
20–30
Nov
20–30
Dec

🌙 When They're Spotted

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

🌙Nocturnal
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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

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Drab Tree Frog in Piedras Blancas National Park?

About 32% of wildlife watchers report a Drab Tree Frog sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park, based on 35 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Drab Tree Frog in Piedras Blancas National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Drab Tree Frog in Piedras Blancas National Park in our monthly data.

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