Raorchestes beddomii
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Raorchestes beddomii (Beddome's bubble-nest frog or Beddome's bush frog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to southern Western Ghats of southwestern India in Kerala (Athirimala and Munnar) and Tamil Nadu (Kannikatti). Its name honours Colonel Richard Henry Beddome who collected the type specimen.
Raorchestes beddomii are small frogs: males grow to a snout-vent length of 16–23 mm (0.63–0.91 in) and females to 23–30 mm (0.91–1.18 in). Their colouration is nearly uniformly green on dorsum, dorsal side of forelimbs, hindlimbs, and loreal and tympanic regions. Their iris is reddish brown. Size and colouration varies between the populations; frogs from Munnar were the larger and had lighter colour.
Raorchestes beddomii are found in moist forest patches as well as in wayside vegetation and tea plantations. It has been observed in the Western Ghat Mountains, between 120 and 460 meters above sea level. Calling males are usually sitting on leaves, some 1.5 metres above the ground. It is not directly threatened, but the known distribution area is small.
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India · 2025
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eravikulam National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
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Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Beddome's Bush Frog sighting in Eravikulam National Park on a given day, based on 60 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 9 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Beddome's Bush Frog in Eravikulam National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November, the lowest month. That is one of Eravikulam National Park's wettest months, with about 420 mm of rain against 25 mm in February.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Beddome's Bush Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Eravikulam National Park, in our data
Eravikulam National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Beddome's Bush Frog sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Raorchestes
The closest relatives of the Beddome's Bush Frog that you can see in Eravikulam National Park (genus Raorchestes, Bush Frogs) are Green-eyed Bush Frog (about 20%), Resplendent Shrubfrog (about 20%) and Kodaikanal Bush Frog (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Beddome's Bush Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Eravikulam National Park (60 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
