Limnonectes hascheanus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Limnonectes hascheanus is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in the Malay Peninsula (from southern Myanmar and Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia); its occurrence in the Andaman Islands requires confirmation. It is a small frog, males being 19–25 mm (0.75–0.98 in) and females 21–25 mm (0.83–0.98 in) snout-vent length.
Taxonomic work by Robert F. Inger and Bryan L. Stuart in 2010 on Limnonectes hascheanus and L. limborgi has led to better understanding of these similar species — L. limborgi has been considered a junior synonym of L. hascheanus. While the species are morphologically similar, mainly differing in body size (L. hascheanus is smaller), they are genetically distinct. This taxonomic work has also led to redefinition of ranges of both species, and the range of L. hascheanus (as presently defined) is much more restricted than what was reported in the latest (2004) IUCN assessment for this species.
The life cycle of Limnonectes hascheanus has earlier been reported to have direct development (no free-swimming tadpole stage, which instead hatch as tiny full-formed frogs). Notice that the original observations of this phenomenon... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hill Forest Frog sighting in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 16th most-seen of the 17 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.
January, March, May and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hill Forest Frog in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, against under 5% in February, April, June and August–December, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hill Forest Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kuala Lumpur, in our data
Kuala Lumpur is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hill Forest Frog sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Limnonectes
The closest relatives of the Hill Forest Frog that you can see in Kuala Lumpur (genus Limnonectes) are Rhinoceros Frog (about 10%), Corrugated Frog (about 10%) and Blyth's River Frog (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hill Forest Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Kuala Lumpur (5 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.
