Ameerega shihuemoy
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Ameerega shihuemoy, the Amarakaeri poison frog, is a species of dart frog endemic to a small region in southeastern Peru in the Manú District where it lives in the transition zone between montane rainforest and the lowland rainforest. The frog is a member of the Ameerega picta group. It was discovered at the Manú Learning Centre where it is known to occur in pieces of selectively logged forest. This species is threatened by habitat loss due to agriculture, gold mining, oil extraction, road construction, and logging. Currently the frog is only known from nine locations globally; three sites in the Manú Biosphere Reserve, and six in Amarakaeri Communal Reserve.
The word shihuemoy in the species' scientific name is the Harakmbut word for a poison dart frog. The Amarakaeri People who are an indigenous group in southeastern Peru are speakers of the Harakmbut linguistic group, and live within the known range of the frog species.
Ameerega shihuemoy is a terrestrial frog which primarily inhabits fast-flowing rocky streams, and low disturbance forested areas in the Andean foothills of the Manú District. The frogs have only been found within primary rainforest... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Amarakaeri Poison Frog sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 67th most-seen of the 67 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February, May and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Amarakaeri Poison Frog in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June–September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Amarakaeri Poison Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Manu National Park, in our data
Manu National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Amarakaeri Poison Frog sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Ameerega
The closest relatives of the Amarakaeri Poison Frog that you can see in Manu National Park (genus Ameerega) are Three-striped Poison Frog (about 30%), Pale-striped Poison Frog (about 20%) and Manú Poison Frog (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Amarakaeri Poison Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Manu National Park (5 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.
