Pseudis minuta
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Pseudis minuta (common name: lesser swimming frog) is a species of aquatic frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in northeastern Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil, and is likely to be found in southern Paraguay. Males measure 24–39 mm (0.9–1.5 in) and females 39–51 mm (1.5–2.0 in) in snout–vent length. The snout is truncate in lateral profile. The fingers are slender. Hind limbs are relatively long and slender. Dorsal coloration is light green or brownish, usually with small dark blotches; sometimes a distinct light middorsal band is present. A light longitudinal stripe runs through most of the flank. The thighs have usually three distinct stripes.
Males call mostly during the night, floating on the water surface and holding to vegetation. They may also call from leaves of water hyacinths, with body completely out of water. The call repertoire consists of an advertisement call and two different aggressive calls. Male–male agonistic interactions involve both advertisement and aggressive calls, and may also involve wrestling.
Pseudis minuta is a very common, aquatic frog found in ponds and still-water pools of slowly moving creeks... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Swimming Frog sighting in Buenos Aires on a given day, based on 271 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 13 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Swimming Frog in Buenos Aires on a given day, against about 10% in May to December, the lowest months.
Only Buenos Aires, in our data
Buenos Aires is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Lesser Swimming Frog sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hylidae
The closest relatives of the Lesser Swimming Frog that you can see in Buenos Aires (family Hylidae, Hylid Tree Frogs) are Montevideo Tree Frog (about 10%) and Argentine Snouted Tree Frog (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lesser Swimming Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Buenos Aires (271 verified sightings), 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.
