Nicobar Cricket Frog

Nicobar Cricket Frog

Amnirana nicobariensis

Silhouette: Michael Scroggie, from original photograph by John Bettaso, USFWS (original photograph in public domain). · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Jakarta

In 3 days ~60% in a week ~80%

36 Verified sightings at Jakarta
31 In all 3 parks From 2019 to 2026
November Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

Sounds

Recording0:28

Malaysia · 2024

© Richard Dimon · iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0

Recording0:27

Indonesia · 2020

© Jarian Permana · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Recording0:04

Indonesia · 2022

© Ganjar Cahyadi · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
2 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%
3 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Nicobar Cricket Frog in Jakarta?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Nicobar Cricket Frog sighting in Jakarta on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th most-seen of the 18 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Nicobar Cricket Frog in Jakarta?

November

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Nicobar Cricket Frog in Jakarta on a given day, against under 5% in August–October and December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Nicobar Cricket Frog?

Between 1 and 4 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Nicobar Cricket Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Nicobar Cricket Frog?

Only Jakarta, in our data

Jakarta is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Nicobar Cricket Frog sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Nicobar Cricket Frog live in Jakarta?

Same family: Ranidae

The closest relatives of the Nicobar Cricket Frog that you can see in Jakarta (family Ranidae, Typical Frogs) are Schlegel's Frog (about 50%), Green Paddy Frog (about 40%) and Poisonous Rock Frog (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Nicobar Cricket Frog sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Nicobar Cricket Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Jakarta (36 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.

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