Just got back from a trip to Belize where I had hoped to add a couple of species to my lifelist since it was the beginning of the wet season. The purpose of the trip was to visit a friend who lived there, not frog recording, but I always have my gear with me!
Unfortunately, we were staying in an area of mangrove lowland swamps and the mosquitos were so oppressive, we didn't get out much at night to listen to frogs. I never even heard any new species. đ
We did see and hear
- Vermiculated Treefrog (Trachycephalus vermiculatus)
- Yucatecan Casque-headed Treefrog (Triprion petasatus)
- Mexican Treefrog (Smilisca baudinii)
- Stauffer's Treefrog (Scinax staufferi)
- Giant Toad (Rhinella horribilis)
- Southern Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer)
But all of those species were ones I had seen/heard/recorded before. I needed a better recording of the Trachycephalus, but the time I tried to get them, they shut up and the mosquitos drove me back to the porch.
The locals said this was the worst time of year for mosquitos. The first few rains of the season cause a massive mosquito hatch and either two weeks earlier and a few weeks later they are better.
We did travel inland to some rainforest and marsh areas and the mosquitos weren't nearly as bad, but we didn't hear any frogs there.
So here's my few recordings as proof I've been to Belize!
Stauffer's Treefrog (Scinax staufferi)
Yucatecan Casque-headed Treefrog (Triprion petasatus), Southern Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer), and Mexican Treefrog (Smilisca baudinii).
© Chris Harrison 2025
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