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title: "Pugnosed Tree Frog"
description: "Smilisca sila — Amphibien. The Panama cross-banded tree frog or pug-nosed tree frog (Smilisca sila) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in the humid Pacific lowlands of southwestern Costa Rica to eastern Panama and in the Caribbean lowlands of Panama and northern Colombia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/pugnosed-tree-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pugnosed Tree Frog

> Smilisca sila — Amphibien. The Panama cross-banded tree frog or pug-nosed tree frog (Smilisca sila) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in the humid Pacific lowlands of southwestern Costa Rica to eastern Panama and in the Caribbean lowlands of Panama and northern Colombia.

- Scientific name: *Smilisca sila*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibien)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `freshwater` (See & Fluss), `jungle` (Dschungel)
- iNaturalist observations: 535
- Wikidata: [Q2711304](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2711304)
- iNaturalist taxon: [24275](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/24275)

## Names

- en: Pugnosed Tree Frog
- es: Rana arborícola ñata

## Countries with the most observations

PA (290), CR (60), CO (21)

## Summary

The Panama cross-banded tree frog or pug-nosed tree frog (Smilisca sila) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in the humid Pacific lowlands of southwestern Costa Rica to eastern Panama and in the Caribbean lowlands of Panama and northern Colombia. Males of the species utilize synchronous calling to hide their position from predators. Females create basins during amplexus and deposit fertilized eggs onto the surface of the water.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_cross-banded_tree_frog

## Photo

![Pugnosed Tree Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pugnosed-tree-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102795270

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pugnosed-tree-frog?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).