Sanborn's Tree Frog

Sanborn's Tree Frog

Dendropsophus sanborni

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LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Buenos Aires

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

6 Verified sightings at Buenos Aires
October Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Sanborn's Tree Frog

Dendropsophus sanborni is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, plantations, ponds, canals, and ditches. Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Argentina · 2019

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Uruguay · 2024

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Brazil · 2024

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Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Sanborn's Tree Frog in Buenos Aires?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sanborn's Tree Frog sighting in Buenos Aires on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th most-seen of the 13 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Sanborn's Tree Frog in Buenos Aires?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sanborn's Tree Frog in Buenos Aires on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Sanborn's Tree Frog?

Between 8 and 11 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sanborn's Tree Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Where else can you see a Sanborn's Tree Frog?

Only Buenos Aires, in our data

Buenos Aires is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sanborn's Tree Frog sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Sanborn's Tree Frog sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Sanborn's Tree Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Buenos Aires (6 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.

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