Reptiles & amphibians · La Saladita, Guerrero

Stauffer's Tree Frog

Scinax staufferi

Spanish: Rana arborícola trompuda

Stauffer's Tree Frog (Scinax staufferi)
Photographed by daniel_brito on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Scinax staufferi is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches. Most often recorded in Dec, Mar, Jan.

TaxonomyAmphibia › Anura › Hylidae
Local records3 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records1,733 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2023 – 2025
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Stauffer's Tree Frog (Scinax staufferi) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/scinax-staufferi/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.