Western Bright-eyed Frog

Western Bright-eyed Frog

Boophis doulioti

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LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Ankarafantsika National Park

In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%

5 Verified sightings at Ankarafantsika National Park From 2019 to 2026
5 In 1 park
April Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Western Bright-eyed Frog

Boophis doulioti is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Ankarafantsika National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~30%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Western Bright-eyed Frog in Ankarafantsika National Park?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Western Bright-eyed Frog sighting in Ankarafantsika National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Western Bright-eyed Frog in Ankarafantsika National Park?

April, July and October

In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Western Bright-eyed Frog in Ankarafantsika National Park on a given day, against about 10% in May–June, August–September and December–January, the lowest months. Those are among Ankarafantsika National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 560 mm in January. February and March have too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Western Bright-eyed Frog?

Between 8 and 11 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Western Bright-eyed Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Where else can you see a Western Bright-eyed Frog?

Only Ankarafantsika National Park, in our data

Ankarafantsika National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Western Bright-eyed Frog sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Western Bright-eyed Frog sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Western Bright-eyed Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Ankarafantsika National Park (5 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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