Scinax staufferi
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
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 →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 6 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Stauffer's Tree Frog sighting in Palo Verde National Park on a given day, based on 63 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 12 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and August
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Stauffer's Tree Frog in Palo Verde National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, the lowest month.
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.
Yes
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Stauffer's Tree Frog sightings, Palo Verde National Park has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Santa Rosa National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%) and Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park (Mexico, about 20%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Hylidae
The closest relatives of the Stauffer's Tree Frog that you can see in Palo Verde National Park (family Hylidae, Hylid Tree Frogs) are Mexican Smilisca (about 50%), Yellow Treefrog (about 40%) and Milk Frog (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Stauffer's Tree Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Palo Verde National Park (63 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.
