Pseudophryne raveni
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The copper-backed brood frog (Pseudophryne raveni) is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes from Mount Tamborine to Nerang.
Not to be confused with the cane toad Rhinella marina, this toadlet is native to Australia and can be easily distinguished by the following characteristics. Both males and females of this species reach an adult length of 30 millimetres (1.2 in). Its back will be a dark black-red brown or copper. Sides are coppery grey with a distinct black stripe extending from its nostril through its eye, along its sides conjoining with the base of the hind legs. Belly is a marbled black and white.
Males emit a drawn out eeaaaaak sound from below cover on solid ground. Large eggs are laid in moist soil or in chambers excavated by the male under forest floor debris. Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Copper-backed Brood Frog sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 7th most-seen of the 9 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June–July, October and December–April
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Copper-backed Brood Frog in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in May, August–September and November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Copper-backed Brood Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Copper-backed Brood Frog sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Copper-backed Brood Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Brisbane (30 verified sightings), 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.
