Lesser Snouted Tree Frog

Lesser Snouted Tree Frog

Scinax nasicus

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Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Iberá National Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

12 Verified sightings at Iberá National Park From 2019 to 2026
12 In 1 park
March Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Lesser Snouted Tree Frog

Scinax nasicus is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, water storage areas, ponds, and canals and ditches. Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Brazil · 2024

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Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cordoba 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
2 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Lesser Snouted Tree Frog in Iberá National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Snouted Tree Frog sighting in Iberá National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Lesser Snouted Tree Frog in Iberá National Park?

March and April

In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Snouted Tree Frog in Iberá National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and June–August, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Lesser Snouted Tree Frog?

Between 7 and 10 pm

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

Where else can you see a Lesser Snouted Tree Frog?

Only Iberá National Park, in our data

Iberá National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Lesser Snouted Tree Frog sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Lesser Snouted Tree Frog live in Iberá National Park?

Same order: Anura

The closest relatives of the Lesser Snouted Tree Frog that you can see in Iberá National Park (order Anura, Frogs and Toads) are Cururu Toad (about 40%) and Wrestler Frog (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

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

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Lesser Snouted Tree Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Iberá National Park (12 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.

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