White-edged Treefrog

White-edged Treefrog

Boana albomarginata

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

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

21 Verified sightings at Tijuca National Park From 2019 to 2026
21 In 1 park
June Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the White-edged Treefrog

The white-edged tree frog (Boana albomarginata) is a species of frog in the taxonomic family Hylidae endemic to Brazil. B. albomarginata natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests. The Boana albomarginata is a species of which are arboreal but resulting from reproductive patterns, these species are commonly found in ponds and small creeks as these are desired habitats for reproduction. Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Brazil · 2026

© Manequinho Correia · XC1078422 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Brazil · 2023

© Bruno Lima · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

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Brazil · 2024

© Liu Idárraga Orozco · 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 Salvador 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
2 Recife 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
3 Santos 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
4 Vitória 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
5 Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 Parque Zoobotânico Orquidário Municipal de Santos 🇧🇷 Brazil In captivity

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a White-edged Treefrog in Tijuca National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-edged Treefrog sighting in Tijuca National Park on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 9 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a White-edged Treefrog in Tijuca National Park?

January, June and September

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-edged Treefrog in Tijuca National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, July–August and November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a White-edged Treefrog?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-edged Treefrog sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Where else can you see a White-edged Treefrog?

Only Tijuca National Park, in our data

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

Where does the White-edged Treefrog sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the White-edged Treefrog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Tijuca National Park (21 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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