#1952 · 🐸 amphibians

Mexican Treefrog

🇳🇱 Mexicaanse boomkikker ·Smilisca baudinii

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Esaú Valdenegro-Brito · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Pedro D. Yuit Mex · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Leonardo Guerrero González · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © cleeb · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jose Amorin · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil · CC BY 4.0
7. © hgmargot · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The common Mexican tree frog ( Smilisca baudinii ) is a nocturnal species of tree frog whose native range extends from the Sonoran Desert and the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas south to Costa Rica. Common names include Mexican tree frog , Baudin's tree frog and Van Vliet’s frog . They are usually found within lightly forested areas near permanent sources of water.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 11,141iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
11,141 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by André Marie Constant Duméril in 1841 (185 years ago).