Ranoidea phyllochroa
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The leaf green tree frog (Dryopsophus phyllochrous) is a species of stream-dwelling frog, native to eastern Australia from the Queensland/New South Wales border south to Sydney. This is a fairly small species of tree frog, up to about 40 mm (1.6 inches) in length. It can be light green to dark olive green to light brown to dark brown on the dorsal surface. A pale golden stripe runs from the nostril, across the eye, over the typanum, and down the side, underlined by a dark brown stripe, which also goes over the typanum, not across it. The forelimbs, groin, and thighs are dark red. The toes are three-quarters webbed and toe discs are large. The belly is white.
This species inhabits flowing streams in rainforest, woodland, and wet or dry sclerophyll forest along the coast and ranges of New South Wales. Males make an "Erk..Ek..Ek..Derk" call from stream-side vegetation during spring, summer and autumn, especially on warm nights; they are often seen in suburban creeks around Sydney and near the sea.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Leaf Green Treefrog sighting in Sydney on a given day, based on 216 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 8 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Leaf Green Treefrog in Sydney on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Leaf Green Treefrog sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Sydney, in our data
Sydney is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Leaf Green Treefrog sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Ranoidea
The closest relatives of the Leaf Green Treefrog that you can see in Sydney (genus Ranoidea) are Green-and-Golden Bell Frog (about 10%) and Ranoidea caerulea (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Leaf Green Treefrog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Sydney (216 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.
