Green Dotted Treefrog

Green Dotted Treefrog

Dendropsophus molitor

Silhouette: Robbi Bishop-Taylor · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely
at Chingaza National Natural Park

In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%

12 Verified sightings at Chingaza National Natural Park From 2019 to 2026
12 In 1 park
June Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Green Dotted Treefrog

Dendropsophus molitor is a species of frog in the family Hylidae, known commonly as the green dotted treefrog. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Grupal0:16

Colombia · 2025

© Paul Stewart - En8patas · XC1083545 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Recording0:31

Colombia · 2026

© sebastian Bautista · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Recording0:19

Colombia · 2022

© Fundación Dodo Colombia · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~40%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bogota 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Green Dotted Treefrog in Chingaza National Natural Park?

Likely

About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Green Dotted Treefrog sighting in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Green Dotted Treefrog in Chingaza National Natural Park?

June

In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Green Dotted Treefrog in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, against about 10% in May, August and November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Green Dotted Treefrog?

Between noon and 3 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Dotted Treefrog sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.

Where else can you see a Green Dotted Treefrog?

Only Chingaza National Natural Park, in our data

Chingaza National Natural Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Green Dotted Treefrog sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Green Dotted Treefrog sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Green Dotted Treefrog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Chingaza National Natural Park (12 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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