Microhyla pulchra
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Microhyla pulchra is a species of narrow-mouthed frog found in northeastern India, southern China, and Southeast Asia south to at least Thailand but possibly as far south as Malaysia and Singapore. It has also been introduced to Guam.
It has many common names, including beautiful pygmy frog, Guangdong rice frog, and marbled pygmy frog. Microhyla pulchra is a common species in suitable habitat, but it is not often seen because it is cryptic and seasonal. It typically occurs near forest edges. It is eaten in Laos. Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Beautiful Pygmy Frog sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 21 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Beautiful Pygmy Frog in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April, August–September and December, the lowest months. That is one of Kaeng Krachan National Park's wettest months, with about 230 mm of rain against 30 mm in December.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Beautiful Pygmy Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kaeng Krachan National Park, in our data
Kaeng Krachan National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Beautiful Pygmy Frog sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Microhyla
The closest relatives of the Beautiful Pygmy Frog that you can see in Kaeng Krachan National Park (genus Microhyla, Rice Frogs) are Mukhlesur's Narrow-mouthed Frog (about 20%), Arcuate-spotted Pygmy Frog (about 10%) and Butler's Ricefrog (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Beautiful Pygmy Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Kaeng Krachan National Park (12 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.
