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Mountain Golden-backed frog

Indosylvirana montana

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Cat Tien National Park

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

12 Verified sightings at Cat Tien National Park From 2019 to 2026
12 In 1 park
January Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Mountain Golden-backed frog in Cat Tien National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Golden-backed frog sighting in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 15th most-seen of the 21 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Mountain Golden-backed frog in Cat Tien National Park?

January

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Golden-backed frog in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May and July–December, the lowest months. That is one of Cat Tien National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain against 490 mm in July.

What time of day is best to see a Mountain Golden-backed frog?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mountain Golden-backed frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Where else can you see a Mountain Golden-backed frog?

Only Cat Tien National Park, in our data

Cat Tien National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mountain Golden-backed frog sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Mountain Golden-backed frog live in Cat Tien National Park?

Same family: Ranidae

The closest relatives of the Mountain Golden-backed frog that you can see in Cat Tien National Park (family Ranidae, Typical Frogs) are Kokarit Frog (about 20%) and Taipei frog (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Mountain Golden-backed frog sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Mountain Golden-backed frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Cat Tien National Park (12 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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