Neobatrachus pelobatoides
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The humming frog (Neobatrachus pelobatoides) is a species of frog in the family Limnodynastidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, intermittent freshwater marshes, rocky areas, arable land, pastureland and open excavations.
The humming frog is a plump frog with protuberant eyes that grows to a length of about 5 centimetres (2.0 in). The back is yellowish or greyish-brown in colour, dappled with darker markings and dotted with small warts. Some individuals have a red or a white streak along the spine. The underside is pale. The feet of females have webbing to halfway along the toes while the feet of males are fully webbed. This species gets its common name from the characteristic trill made by males at breeding time.
The humming frog is endemic to the south western part of Western Australia, its range extending from Geraldton to Esperance. It is found in both sandy and clay areas of deserts and agricultural land at altitudes up to 600 metres (2,000 ft) and is a burrowing species.
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| 1 | Perth | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Humming Frog sighting in Perth on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 9th most-seen of the 10 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Humming Frog in Perth on a given day, against under 5% in September to March, the lowest months. Those are among Perth's wettest months, with about 95 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in December.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Humming Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Perth, in our data
Perth is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Humming Frog sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Limnodynastidae
The closest relatives of the Humming Frog that you can see in Perth (family Limnodynastidae, Foam-nesting Ground Frogs) are Moaning Frog (about 20%) and Western Bullfrog (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Humming Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Perth (26 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.
