Plectrohyla dasypus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Plectrohyla dasypus, the Honduras spikethumb frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to northwestern Honduras. Plectrohyla dasypus was first formally described in 1981 by the American herpetologists James R. McCranie and Larry David Wilson with its type locality given as along the Quebrada Cusuco at El Cusuco, 15°30'N, 88°, 13'W 5.6 km (3.5 mi) at an elevation of 1,580 m (5,180 ft), west south west of Buenos Aires, which is 19 km (12 mi) north of Cofradía in the Sierra de Omoa, Cortés, Honduras. This species was placed within the P. guatemalensis species group within the genus Plectrohyla, following the inclusion of the Hyla bistincta species group in that genus. Subsequent work has moved the Hyla bistincta group into a separate genus, Sarcohyla. The genus Plectrohyla is included in the subfamily Hylinae of the "tree frog" family Hylidae within the frog and toad order Anura.
Plectrohyla dasypus belongs to the genus Plectrohyla which combines the Greek plēktron, meaning "spur" with the genus name Hyla, the type genus of the family Hylidae. The specific name, dasypus, is the genus name of the Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cusuco National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Honduras Spikethumb Frog sighting in Cusuco National Park on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 7th most-seen of the 12 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Honduras Spikethumb Frog in Cusuco National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and August–March, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Honduras Spikethumb Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Cusuco National Park, in our data
Cusuco National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Honduras Spikethumb Frog sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Honduras Spikethumb Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Cusuco National Park (26 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
