Epipedobates machalilla
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Epipedobates machalilla is a slender species of frog in the family Dendrobatidae. Endemic to West Ecuador, it lives in dry and low forests and was first described by Luis A. Coloma in 1995. The IUCN have classed it as "least concern".
Epipedobates machalilla has a snout–vent length of 14.4 to 16 millimetres (0.57 to 0.63 in) for males and 15.0 to 17.6 millimetres (0.59 to 0.69 in) for females. Their heads are longer than they are wide, and the tympanum is small. The forelimbs have a moderate length and the fingers are unwebbed. The toes do not have lateral fringes and the terminal discs are expanded. The skin of the dorsum is dark-coffee in colour with a cream-yellow or cream-white stripe that shows some pink coloration toward the posterior. The upper surfaces of the hind legs are light brown in color; the forelegs are orange. The frog has a gold iris and cream ventral surfaces.
The mating system of the Epipedobates machalilla includes cephalic amplexus. The female will produce around 15 eggs which are left on the ground or under leaves. The female will then leave, and the male will protect the development of the embryos and carry the larvae. When the... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Machalilla Poison Frog sighting in Guayaquil on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Machalilla Poison Frog in Guayaquil on a given day, against under 5% in May, July and September–March, the lowest months. That is one of Guayaquil's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain against almost none in September.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Machalilla Poison Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Guayaquil, in our data
Guayaquil is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Machalilla Poison Frog sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Anura
The closest relatives of the Machalilla Poison Frog that you can see in Guayaquil (order Anura, Frogs and Toads) are Jordan's Casque-headed Tree Frog (about 10%) and Fowler's 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 Machalilla Poison Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Guayaquil (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.
