Dendropsophus elegans
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Dendropsophus elegans is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, heavily degraded former forest, and ponds. Wikipedia →
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Brazil · 2026
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Brazil · 2024
© Douglas Meyer · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vancouver Aquarium | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 2 | Montreal Biodome | 🇨🇦 Canada |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Elegant Forest Tree Frog sighting in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 11 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September–October and December–March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Elegant Forest Tree Frog in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, against under 5% in April–August and November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Elegant Forest Tree Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Elegant Forest Tree Frog sightings, Rio de Janeiro ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Recife (Brazil, about 20%).
Same family: Hylidae
The closest relatives of the Elegant Forest Tree Frog that you can see in Rio de Janeiro (family Hylidae, Hylid Tree Frogs) are White-edged Treefrog (about 10%) and Bandeirantes 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 Elegant Forest Tree Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Rio de Janeiro (16 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.
