Stauffer's Tree Frog

Stauffer's Tree Frog

Scinax staufferi

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LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

5 Verified sightings at Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve From 2019 to 2026
135 In all 7 parks
November Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Stauffer's Tree Frog

Scinax staufferi is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches. Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Mexico · 2017

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Belize · 2022

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Belize · 2008

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Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
2 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
3 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
4 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%
5 Biotopo Cerro Cahuí 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~20%
6 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
7 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Stauffer's Tree Frog in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Stauffer's Tree Frog sighting in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Stauffer's Tree Frog in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve?

July and November

In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Stauffer's Tree Frog in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in June, August, October and December–April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Stauffer's Tree Frog?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Stauffer's 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.

Where does the Stauffer's Tree Frog sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Stauffer's Tree Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (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.

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