Pristimantis lymani
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Pristimantis lymani, also known as Lyman's robber frog, is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is found in southern Ecuador and northern Peru. Its natural habitats are montane forests, sub-páramo, and páramo. These common frogs have been found under stones by streams as well as in large bromeliads on rocky slopes and cliffs. While common and having a stable population trend, it is suffering from habitat loss. Wikipedia →
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Ecuador · 2024
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Lyman's Robber Frog sighting in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 6 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Lyman's Robber Frog in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August and December, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lyman's Robber Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Podocarpus National Park, in our data
Podocarpus National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Lyman's Robber Frog sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Pristimantis
The closest relatives of the Lyman's Robber Frog that you can see in Podocarpus National Park (genus Pristimantis, Rain and Robber Frogs) are Cajamarca Robber Frog (about 20%), Loja Rainfrog (about 20%) and Espada's Robber Frog (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lyman's Robber Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Podocarpus National Park (29 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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