Argentine Snouted Tree Frog

Argentine Snouted Tree Frog

Scinax granulatus

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Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Montevideo

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

8 Verified sightings at Montevideo
September Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Argentine Snouted Tree Frog

Scinax granulatus is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, water storage areas, ponds, and canals and ditches. Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Argentina · 2013

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Uruguay · 2025

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Argentina · 2023

© Matias Cabezas · iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0

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 Montevideo 🇺🇾 Uruguay
~10%
2 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Argentine Snouted Tree Frog in Montevideo?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Argentine Snouted Tree Frog sighting in Montevideo on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 5 amphibians we can rate there. 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 an Argentine Snouted Tree Frog in Montevideo?

January and September–October

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Argentine Snouted Tree Frog in Montevideo on a given day, against under 5% in February–August and November–December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Argentine Snouted Tree Frog?

Between 8 and 11 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Argentine Snouted 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.

Is Montevideo the best place to see an Argentine Snouted Tree Frog?

Yes

Of the 2 cities where we can rate Argentine Snouted Tree Frog sightings, Montevideo has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Buenos Aires (Argentina, about 10%).

Where does the Argentine Snouted Tree Frog sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Argentine Snouted Tree Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Montevideo (8 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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