Ameerega macero
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The Manú poison frog (Ameerega macero) is a frog species in the family Dendrobatidae found in southern Peru and Brazil. This frog can be found in the drainages of the Manú, Urubamba, Upper Purus and Ucayali Rivers. It can also be found in Serra do Divisor National Park and Alto Juruá Extractive Reserve. Its natural habitats are lowland tropical moist forests and montane forests, in particular bamboo forests, at elevations of 150–1,450 m.
The female frog lays eggs on the ground. After the eggs hatch, the adult frog carries the tadpoles to slow-moving streams. The IUCN classifies this frog as least concern of extinction. It is locally threatened by habitat loss due to agriculture, and is illegally harvested for the pet trade. Wikipedia →
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Brazil · 2021
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Manú Poison Frog sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 18th most-seen of the 67 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Manú Poison Frog in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and August, the lowest months. That is one of Manu National Park's wettest months, with about 240 mm of rain against 60 mm in August.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Manú Poison Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: 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 Manú Poison Frog sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Ameerega
The closest relatives of the Manú 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 Río Madre de Dios Poison Frog (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Manú Poison Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Manu National Park (32 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.
