Dryophytes plicatus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The ridged tree frog (Dryophytes plicatus) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats include mountainous pine-fir forests in high elevations. In lower elevations it is known to inhabit moderate and low-lying streams and ponds where it is believed to breed.
It is also found in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, and ponds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
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| 1 | Entopia | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Ridged Treefrog sighting in Mexico City on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 8th most-seen of the 10 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.
June and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Ridged Treefrog in Mexico City on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–May, the lowest months. Those are among Mexico City's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in December.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ridged Treefrog sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Mexico City, in our data
Mexico City is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ridged Treefrog sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Dryophytes
The closest relatives of the Ridged Treefrog that you can see in Mexico City (genus Dryophytes) are Canyon Tree Frog (about 10%) and Mountain Treefrog (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ridged Treefrog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Mexico City (13 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.
