Vaillant's Frog

Vaillant's Frog

Lithobates vaillanti

Silhouette: Jose Carlos Arenas-Monroy · PhyloPic

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
at Lago de Yojoa
2 Verified sightings at Lago de Yojoa From 2019 to 2026
191 Verified sightings across all 18 parks From 2019 to 2026
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted during nighttime hours (6pm–6am)

About the Vaillant's Frog

Vaillant's frog (Lithobates vaillanti) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae found in Central America. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, water storage areas, ponds, and canals and ditches.

Hillis D.M., de Sá R. (1984). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Rana palmipes species group (Salientia: Ranidae)". Herpetological Monographs. 2: 1–26. Hillis D.M., Wilcox T.P. (2005). "Phylogeny of the New World true frogs (Rana)" (PDF). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 34 (2): 299–314. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.007. PMID 15619443. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-28.

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
2 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
3 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
4 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
5 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
6 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
7 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
~10%
8 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
9 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
10 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
11 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
12 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
13 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
14 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
15 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
16 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
17 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
18 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
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