Duellmanohyla salvavida
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In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The Honduran brook frog (Duellmanohyla salvavida) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Honduras. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. Scientists have seen it between 90 and 1400 m above sea level in Honduras in rainforests.
The adult male frog measures 25.1–28 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog about 34 mm. The skin of the dorsum is light or dark green in color and the skin of the ventrum is yellow. There is a white stripe on the face underneath the eye down the side of the body. There is a whitish spot above the groin. The inner thighs are light yellow in color. The iris is red.
This frog is endangered for several reasons, principally habitat loss. Logging for lumber, urbanization, droughts, and floods, all affect the population. It is preyed upon by both native and introduced predators. This frog is subject to damage from UV light and the fungal disease chytridiomycosis.
The scientific name of this frog, salvavida, means "lifesaver." The scientists named it after a Honduran beer called Salvavida. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Honduran Brook Frog sighting in Pico Bonito National Park on a given day, based on 47 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 8th most-seen of the 11 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Honduran Brook Frog in Pico Bonito National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August and October, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Honduran Brook 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.
Only Pico Bonito National Park, in our data
Pico Bonito National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Honduran Brook Frog sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Hylidae
The closest relatives of the Honduran Brook Frog that you can see in Pico Bonito National Park (family Hylidae, Hylid Tree Frogs) are Mexican Smilisca (about 60%), Yellow Treefrog (about 40%) and Ceiba Stream Frog (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Honduran Brook Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Pico Bonito National Park (47 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.
