Lithobates palmipes
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The Amazon River frog (Lithobates palmipes) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae that occurs in the northern and Amazonian South America east of the Andes (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Trinidad), with scattered records from northeastern Brazil. In Spanish, it is known as rana verde verdadera. Its natural habitats are tropical rainforests near permanent waterbodies. It is not considered threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It is highly appreciated as food by the Ye'kwana of southeastern Venezuela.
D. M. Hillis & R. de Sá (1984). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Rana palmipes species group (Salientia: Ranidae)" (PDF). Herpetological Monographs. 2: 1–26. doi:10.2307/1467024. JSTOR 1467024. S2CID 87221786. Wikipedia →
Recording
Suriname · 1975
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Amazon River Frog sighting in Yasuní National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th most-seen of the 49 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Amazon River Frog in Yasuní National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March–May, July and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Amazon River 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 Yasuní National Park, in our data
Yasuní National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Amazon River Frog sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Anura
The closest relatives of the Amazon River Frog that you can see in Yasuní National Park (order Anura, Frogs and Toads) are Ecuador Poison Frog (about 60%), South American Common Toad (about 60%) and Common Big-headed Frog (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Amazon River Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Yasuní National Park (11 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.
