Dendropsophus minutus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Dendropsophus minutus (lesser treefrog) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. In Spanish it is known as ranita amarilla común.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches. Scientists have seen it as high as 2000 meters above sea level and as low as at sea level.
During the breeding period, the male frogs perch on grass and shrubs near water and on plants mid-water. The male frogs have shown territorial and competitive behavior near preferred perches. The females lay eggs in still bodies of water, such as ponds and puddles.
This frog ranges across a very large part of South America, in a variety of habitats, so the individual frogs can be considerably different from each other. In 2014, a team of 30 scientists studied the mtDNA of this frog and found the species had 47 different groups in it. Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Tree Frog 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 55th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and February
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Tree Frog in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and June–December, the lowest months. Those are among Manu National Park's wettest months, with about 260 mm of rain a month against 60 mm in August.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lesser Tree 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 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Lesser Tree Frog sightings, Manu National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 20%) and Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 10%).
Same genus: Dendropsophus
The closest relatives of the Lesser Tree Frog that you can see in Manu National Park (genus Dendropsophus, Yellow Tree Frogs) are Inotawa Tree Frog (about 20%), Red-skirted Tree Frog (about 20%) and Mottled Clown Treefrog (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lesser Tree Frog 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.
