Leptopelis mossambicus
Silhouette: Maija Karala · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Leptopelis mossambicus, the brown-backed tree frog, Mozambique tree frog or Mossambique forest treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Arthroleptidae found in Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and possibly Botswana.
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grasslands, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grasslands, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
It is threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →
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South Africa · 2025
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South Africa · 2024
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maputo | 🇲🇿 Mozambique |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mozambique Forest Tree Frog sighting in Maputo on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Mozambique Forest Tree Frog in Maputo on a given day, against under 5% in September, the lowest month.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mozambique Forest Tree 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 Maputo, in our data
Maputo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mozambique Forest Tree Frog sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Anura
The closest relatives of the Mozambique Forest Tree Frog that you can see in Maputo (order Anura, Frogs and Toads) are Fornasini's Spiny Reed Frog (about 40%) and Edible bullfrog (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mozambique Forest Tree Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Maputo (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.
