Philautus petersi
Silhouette: Michael Scroggie, from original photograph by John Bettaso, USFWS (original photograph in public domain). · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Philautus petersi is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and possibly Brunei. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
It is threatened by habitat loss. Sound recordings of Philautus petersi at BioAcoustica Amphibian and Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia - Philautus petersi Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Peters' Bubble-Nest Frog sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 36th most-seen of the 40 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.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Peters' Bubble-Nest Frog in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Peters' Bubble-Nest 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 Kinabalu Park, in our data
Kinabalu Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Peters' Bubble-Nest Frog sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Philautus
The closest relatives of the Peters' Bubble-Nest Frog that you can see in Kinabalu Park (genus Philautus, shrub frogs) are Mossy Bush Frog (about 50%), Green Bush Frog (about 40%) and Golden-legged Bush Frog (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Peters' Bubble-Nest Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Kinabalu Park (9 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.
