Fringe-lipped Treefrog

Fringe-lipped Treefrog

Scinax garbei

Silhouette: Dmitry Bogdanov (vectorized by T. Michael Keesey) · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Manu National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%

7 Verified sightings at Manu National Park From 2019 to 2026
23 In all 3 parks
May Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Fringe-lipped Treefrog

Scinax garbei is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and possibly Guyana. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and ponds. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Recording1:07

Ecuador · 1983

© M.S. Hoogmoed · XC882871 · CC BY 4.0

Recording0:27

Ecuador · 2026

© Alex Bentley · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~20%
2 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
~10%
3 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Fringe-lipped Treefrog in Manu National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fringe-lipped Treefrog sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 50th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Fringe-lipped Treefrog in Manu National Park?

January, March, May–August and November

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fringe-lipped Treefrog in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April, September–October and December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Fringe-lipped Treefrog?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fringe-lipped Treefrog 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.

Is Manu National Park the best place to see a Fringe-lipped Treefrog?

3rd of 3

Of the 3 parks where we can rate Fringe-lipped Treefrog sightings, Manu National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 20%) and Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Fringe-lipped Treefrog live in Manu National Park?

Same genus: Scinax

The closest relatives of the Fringe-lipped Treefrog that you can see in Manu National Park (genus Scinax, Snouted Tree Frogs) are Red Snouted Tree Frog (about 30%) and Puerto Maldonado Snouted Tree Frog (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Fringe-lipped Treefrog sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Fringe-lipped Treefrog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Manu National Park (7 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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