Limnonectes finchi
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Limnonectes finchi, Finch's wart frog, is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae endemic to Sabah, Malaysia, but it might well occur in adjacent Kalimantan. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests. The main potential threat to this species is habitat loss caused by conversion of forests to oil palm plantations. L. finchi shows some parental care: male frogs guard eggs and carry the tadpoles to small rain pools on the forest floor where the rest of larval development occurs. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rough Guardian Frog sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 20 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and April
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rough Guardian Frog in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, against under 5% in February, July and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rough Guardian 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.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Rough Guardian Frog sightings, Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Danum Valley Conservation Area (Malaysia, about 30%).
Same family: Dicroglossidae
The closest relatives of the Rough Guardian Frog that you can see in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (family Dicroglossidae, Fork-tongued Frogs) are Alpine Cricket Frog (about 20%) and Crab-eating Frog (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rough Guardian Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (14 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.
