Jordan's Casque-headed Tree Frog

Jordan's Casque-headed Tree Frog

Trachycephalus jordani

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LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Guayaquil

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

10 Verified sightings at Guayaquil
March Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Jordan's Casque-headed Tree Frog

Jordan's casque-headed tree frog (Trachycephalus jordani) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent freshwater marshes, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →

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 Guayaquil 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Jordan's Casque-headed Tree Frog in Guayaquil?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Jordan's Casque-headed Tree Frog sighting in Guayaquil on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Jordan's Casque-headed Tree Frog in Guayaquil?

March

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Jordan's Casque-headed Tree Frog in Guayaquil on a given day, against under 5% in August to January, the lowest months. That is one of Guayaquil's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain against almost none in September.

What time of day is best to see a Jordan's Casque-headed Tree Frog?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Jordan's Casque-headed Tree Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.

Where else can you see a Jordan's Casque-headed Tree Frog?

Only Guayaquil, in our data

Guayaquil is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Jordan's Casque-headed Tree Frog sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Jordan's Casque-headed Tree Frog sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Jordan's Casque-headed Tree Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Guayaquil (10 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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