Rough-skinned Green Tree Frog

Rough-skinned Green Tree Frog

Boana cinerascens

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

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

17 Verified sightings at Manu National Park From 2019 to 2026
42 In all 3 parks
November Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Rough-skinned Green Tree Frog

The Demerara Falls tree frog (Boana cinerascens) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests. Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Brazil · 1988

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Brazil · 2019

© Sidnei Dantas · XC1080682 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Ecuador · 2025

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Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

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

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Rough-skinned Green Tree Frog in Manu National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rough-skinned Green Tree Frog sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th most-seen of the 67 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Rough-skinned Green Tree Frog in Manu National Park?

March and November

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rough-skinned Green Tree Frog in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–May, July–August, October and December, the lowest months. Those are among Manu National Park's wettest months, with about 240 mm of rain a month against 60 mm in August.

What time of day is best to see a Rough-skinned Green Tree Frog?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rough-skinned Green 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.

Is Manu National Park the best place to see a Rough-skinned Green Tree Frog?

3rd of 3

Of the 3 parks where we can rate Rough-skinned Green Tree Frog sightings, Manu National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 20%) and Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 20%).

Which relatives of the Rough-skinned Green Tree Frog live in Manu National Park?

Same genus: Boana

The closest relatives of the Rough-skinned Green Tree Frog that you can see in Manu National Park (genus Boana, Gladiator Tree Frogs) are Map Tree Frog (about 30%), Rocket Tree Frog (about 30%) and Convict Tree Frog (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Rough-skinned Green Tree Frog sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Rough-skinned Green Tree Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Manu National Park (17 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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