Giant Marine Toad

Where to see

Giant Marine Toad

Rhinella horribilis

Piedras Blancas National Park leads · 37 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Giant Marine Toad during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
2 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~60%
3 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
4 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
5 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
6 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
7 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
8 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
9 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
10 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
~50%
11 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
12 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~40%
13 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
14 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
15 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
16 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
17 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
18 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
19 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
20 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
21 Biotopo Cerro Cahuí 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~30%
22 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
23 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~30%
24 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%
25 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~30%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Giant Marine Toad?

Piedras Blancas National Park

In Piedras Blancas National Park, Costa Rica, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Marine Toad sighting on a given day, the highest of the 37 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Giant Marine Toad?

Tayrona National Natural Park and more

After Piedras Blancas National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Giant Marine Toad are in Tayrona National Natural Park (Colombia, about 60%), Ostional Wildlife Refuge (Costa Rica, about 60%) and Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%). Outside Central America, the best options are Tayrona National Natural Park in South America (about 60%) and Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 30%).

When is the best time to see a Giant Marine Toad?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are February, April, June–July and September in Piedras Blancas National Park (about 70%), May and September in Tayrona National Natural Park (about 80%) and July in Ostional Wildlife Refuge (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Giant Marine Toad on a given day. Each park's Giant Marine Toad page has the full month-by-month chart.