Breviceps poweri
Silhouette: Jose Carlos Arenas-Monroy · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Breviceps poweri, the Power's rain frog or Power's short-headed frog, is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae. It is found in northeastern Angola east through Zambia, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (southern Katanga Province), and Malawi, to western Mozambique and northeastern Zimbabwe; possibly in Namibia. The specific name poweri honours John Hyacinth Power, Irish-born director of the McGregor Museum (Kimberley, South Africa) who collected amphibians as well as reptiles and plants.
Breviceps poweri emerge after rain to feed on ants, termites, and other arthropods; reproduction also occurs during the rainy season. Breviceps poweri males have been observed to start their chorus in the early evening and continue throughout the night. The call is a short, unpulsed whistle, with a slow rise time and a rapid fall time.
Breviceps poweri is a fossorial frog in savanna woodland, shrubland and grassland with sandy soils. Because it breeds by direct development, it is not associated with water. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as of "Least Concern": it is locally a very common species... Wikipedia →
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Tanzania · 2009
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Power's Rain Frog sighting in Lusaka on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Power's Rain Frog in Lusaka on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and May–August, the lowest months. That is one of Lusaka's wettest months, with about 95 mm of rain against almost none in August.
Only Lusaka, in our data
Lusaka is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Power's Rain Frog sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Anura
The closest relatives of the Power's Rain Frog that you can see in Lusaka (order Anura, Frogs and Toads) are African Split-skin Toad (about 30%), African Common Toad (about 30%) and Eastern Flat-backed Toad (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Power's Rain Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Lusaka (8 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.
