Allobates femoralis
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Allobates femoralis (common name brilliant-thighed poison frog, brilliant-thighed poison-arrow frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname. Its natural habitat is tropical lowland forests.
Allobates femoralis is a small frog, the males growing to 28 to 33 mm (1.1 to 1.3 in) in length and the females being marginally larger. The coloration on the back is dark brown or black and the limbs are colored dark brown. The throat is black and the belly is white, marked with black. A pale brown dorso-lateral stripe runs from the snout to the base of the legs and an intermittent white ventro-lateral line runs from the snout to the arm and onwards to the leg. There is an orange-yellow patch behind the arm and a half-moon shaped orange patch on the outside of the thigh. A. femoralis resembles Lithodytes lineatus in general appearance, but L. lineatus has a dorso-lateral line encircling the back, legs barred with dark and light bands of colour, and two or more orange patches on each thigh.
Allobates femoralis is distributed in the Amazon basin and... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted-thighed Poison Frog sighting in Yasuní National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 49 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted-thighed Poison Frog in Yasuní National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and July–August, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spotted-thighed Poison Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Spotted-thighed Poison Frog sightings, Yasuní National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 10%) and Manu National Park (Peru, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spotted-thighed Poison Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Yasuní National Park (17 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.
