Where to see
Dendrobates auratus
Carara National Park leads · 18 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Green and Black Dart-poison Frog during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 13 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 17 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 18 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Carara National Park
In Carara National Park, Costa Rica, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Green and Black Dart-poison Frog sighting on a given day, the highest of the 18 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge and more
After Carara National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Green and Black Dart-poison Frog are in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (Costa Rica, about 70%), Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 60%) and Cahuita National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%). Outside Central America, the best option is Utría National Natural Park in South America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July and August in Carara National Park (about 90%), March and August–September in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (about 80%) and March and May–July in Braulio Carrillo National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Green and Black Dart-poison Frog on a given day. Each park's Green and Black Dart-poison Frog page has the full month-by-month chart.
