Where to see
Smilisca phaeota
Arenal Volcano National Park leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Masked Tree Frog during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 12 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Arenal Volcano National Park
In Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Rica, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Masked Tree Frog sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Tenorio Volcano National Park and more
After Arenal Volcano National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Masked Tree Frog are in Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%), Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (Costa Rica, about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April–June, August and October–February in Arenal Volcano National Park (about 50%), February in Tenorio Volcano National Park (about 70%) and November in Piedras Blancas National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Masked Tree Frog on a given day. Each park's Masked Tree Frog page has the full month-by-month chart.
