Megophrys brachykolos
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Boulenophrys brachykolos, the short-legged horned toad or Peak spadefoot toad, is a frog native to southern China and Vietnam. It was first discovered in the Victoria Peak (locally known as The Peak), Hong Kong. Many populations of Hong Kong are in the country parks, such as Lung Fu Shan Country Park. Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Hong Kong | 🇨🇳 China |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Short-legged Horned Toad sighting in Hong Kong on a given day, based on 198 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 6th most-seen of the 16 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Short-legged Horned Toad in Hong Kong on a given day, against about 10% in November to March, the lowest months. That is one of Hong Kong's wettest months, with about 220 mm of rain against 25 mm in December.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Short-legged Horned Toad sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Hong Kong, in our data
Hong Kong is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Short-legged Horned Toad sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Anura
The closest relatives of the Short-legged Horned Toad that you can see in Hong Kong (order Anura, Frogs and Toads) are Common Indian Toad (about 40%), Greenhouse Frog (about 30%) and Spot-legged Tree Frog (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Short-legged Horned Toad is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Hong Kong (198 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.
