Raorchestes chlorosomma
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~80%
Raorchestes chlorosomma is a frog in the genus Raorchestes. The common name is the green-eyed bushfrog. Green-eyed bushfrogs only occur in disturbed sholas, a type of high-altitude evergreen forests which are found only in the southern portion of the Western Ghats. This species has also been found near the secondary forest and tea and eucalyptus plantations after very heavy rains, from about 1 m (3 ft 3 in) above the ground, from thickets of Lantana or leaves of Eupatorium glandulosum. Like other congeners, this species breeds by direct development.
The green-eyed bushfrog is native to India and is known only from Munnar (1,410 m asl), Idukki district, state of Kerala, within the Western Ghats mountain range in India. In attempts to find how far the range of the bushfrog extends, surveys of neighboring areas have been undertaken, but the species was not found. So estimations of the extent of the range are less than 100 km2 (39 sq mi).
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eravikulam National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
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Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Green-eyed Bush Frog sighting in Eravikulam National Park on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 9 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Green-eyed Bush Frog in Eravikulam National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and November, the lowest months. 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 Green-eyed 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 Green-eyed Bush Frog sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Raorchestes
The closest relatives of the Green-eyed Bush Frog that you can see in Eravikulam National Park (genus Raorchestes, Bush Frogs) are Beddome's Bush Frog (about 30%), 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 Green-eyed Bush Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Eravikulam National Park (40 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.
