Elegant Forest Tree Frog

Elegant Forest Tree Frog

Dendropsophus elegans

Silhouette: Dmitry Bogdanov (vectorized by T. Michael Keesey) · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Tijuca National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

15 Verified sightings at Tijuca National Park From 2019 to 2026
15 In 1 park
March Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Elegant Forest Tree Frog

Dendropsophus elegans is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, heavily degraded former forest, and ponds. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Uncertain0:06

Brazil · 2026

© Manequinho Correia · XC1078445 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Recording0:28

Brazil · 2024

© Douglas Meyer · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Recife 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
2 Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 Vancouver Aquarium 🇨🇦 Canada In captivity
2 Montreal Biodome 🇨🇦 Canada In captivity

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Elegant Forest Tree Frog in Tijuca National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Elegant Forest Tree Frog sighting in Tijuca National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 9 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Elegant Forest Tree Frog in Tijuca National Park?

September–October and December–March

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Elegant Forest Tree Frog in Tijuca National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–August and November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Elegant Forest Tree Frog?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Elegant Forest Tree Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.

Where else can you see an Elegant Forest Tree Frog?

Only Tijuca National Park, in our data

Tijuca National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Elegant Forest Tree Frog sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Elegant Forest Tree Frog live in Tijuca National Park?

Same family: Hylidae

The closest relatives of the Elegant Forest Tree Frog that you can see in Tijuca National Park (family Hylidae, Hylid Tree Frogs) are White-edged Treefrog (about 10%) and Blacksmith Tree Frog (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Elegant Forest Tree Frog sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Elegant Forest Tree Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Tijuca National Park (15 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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