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title: "Rana Arbórea Mexicana"
description: "Smilisca manisorum — Anfibios. Smilisca manisorum, or the masked tree frog, is a frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras and Nicaragua."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/mosquito-coast-tree-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rana Arbórea Mexicana

> Smilisca manisorum — Anfibios. Smilisca manisorum, or the masked tree frog, is a frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras and Nicaragua.

- Scientific name: *Smilisca manisorum*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibios)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 916
- iNaturalist taxon: [1068878](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1068878)

## Names

- en: Mosquito Coast Tree Frog
- es: Rana Arbórea Mexicana

## Countries with the most observations

CR (690), NI (11)

## Summary

Smilisca manisorum, or the masked tree frog, is a frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras and Nicaragua.  It lives in coastal forests.  Scientists have seen it as high as 540 meters above sea level.
The species was originally synonymized with the common Mexican tree frog (Smilisca baudinii), but was resurrected as a species in 2017.

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

## Photo

![Rana Arbórea Mexicana](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mosquito-coast-tree-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sarah Holmes · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/285332505

## Machine access

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