Leptodactylus savagei
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Leptodactylus savagei, or Savage's thin-toed frog, is a species of leptodactylid frog which ranges from eastern Honduras, through Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama to Colombia adjacent to Panama, with a seemingly disjunct population present in the area of Santa Marta in northern Colombia, at elevations from close to the sea level to 660 m (2,170 ft).
These frogs are nocturnal and terrestrial. This frog has a brown or bronze back, sometimes with reddish brown spots. It has brown spots in the lips and frequently a black stripe over the tympanum. The rear part of the thigh is brownish, however, it can has reddish colours.
The males have an internal vocal sac and one of more corneous spines on the thumps and sometimes on the chest that helps the male to grasp the female during the amplexus. Males can reach a snout–vent length of 142 mm (5.6 in) and females of 146 mm (5.7 in).
The male calls from puddles produced and maintained by rain. When a female attends the call, the male grasps her in an axillary amplexus. The couple mixes water, air, semen and secretions to create a foam nest that can contain from 2 to 7 liters of foam. This foam can feed... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 15 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 16 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 17 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 18 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Living Planet Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Vancouver Aquarium | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Savage's Thin-toed Frog sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, based on 102 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 33 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.
July
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Savage's Thin-toed Frog in Piedras Blancas National Park on a given day, against about 40% in May, August–September and December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Savage's Thin-toed 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.
Among the best
Of the 18 parks where we can rate Savage's Thin-toed Frog sightings, Piedras Blancas National Park ranks 2nd at about 60%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Braulio Carrillo National Park (Costa Rica, about 60%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Savage's Thin-toed Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Piedras Blancas National Park (102 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.
