Leptodactylus pentadactylus
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The smoky jungle frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus) is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is found in northern South America as well as parts of Central America. Its natural habitats are tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and aquaculture ponds.
It is called huwa in the Kwaza language of Rondônia, Brazil. Males of this large, robust frog are slightly larger than females; they attain a maximum snout-vent length of 18.0 cm (7.1 in), whereas the maximum length in females is 17.6 cm (6.9 in).
The body is robust; the head is large with an acutely rounded snout and prominent tympanum. The skin on the dorsum and venter is smooth, and a prominent dorsolateral dermal fold extends from the orbit to the groin. The fingers and toes are long with slender tips and lack webbing. Breeding males have greatly swollen forelimbs and one large, pointed, black spine on the inner surface of the thumb and two black spines on each side of the chest. The dorsum is tan to reddish brown with broad... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 3 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manaus | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoo Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Detroit Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Fort Worth Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Gladys Porter Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Santa Barbara Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Sacramento Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | The Living Planet Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Staten Island Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Aquarium of the Pacific | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Vancouver Aquarium | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Smoky Jungle Frog sighting in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 15 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Smoky Jungle Frog in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in February and September, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Smoky Jungle Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
3rd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Smoky Jungle Frog sightings, Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 40%) and Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 40%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Smoky Jungle Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (19 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.
