Smooth-Fingered Narrow-mouthed Frog

Smooth-Fingered Narrow-mouthed Frog

Kaloula baleata

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Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary

In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%

31 Verified sightings at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary From 2019 to 2026
31 In 1 park
January Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Smooth-Fingered Narrow-mouthed Frog

Kaloula baleata, the flower pot toad or sometimes the smooth-fingered narrow-mouthed frog, is a species of narrow-mouthed toad. It is native to India, Borneo, Indochinese Peninsula, Java, Malay Peninsula and Philippines where it lives in lowland rainforests and is tolerant of disturbed sites. The IUCN lists it as being of "Least Concern".

The smooth-fingered narrow-mouthed frog is a stout animal with a rounded body. Females average a snout-to-vent length of 65 millimetres (2.6 in) and males are a little smaller. The hind limbs are short and the digits of the hands have spoon-shaped tips while the toes are webbed. The colour is dark brown but many white-tipped tubercles give it a rough, speckled appearance. In individuals from Java, there is a brick red spot in the groin region whereas other populations have a yellow spot in this location.

This frog is native to the mainland of Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, southern Thailand, and the Philippines. Its habitat is primary and secondary rainforest up to an altitude of about 800 metres (2,600 ft) and it can tolerate some disturbance of its environment. It also occurs on... Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Indonesia · 2022

© Ganjar Cahyadi · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

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Indonesia · 2023

© Maria Bernadeth Tukan (Ona Tukan) · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

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Indonesia · 2021

© Ulfi Faizah · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Yogyakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
2 Malang 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
3 Surakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
4 Semarang 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
5 Denpasar 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
6 Surabaya 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
7 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
8 Bandung 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 Parque Municipal Summit 🇵🇦 Panama In captivity

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Smooth-Fingered Narrow-mouthed Frog in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Smooth-Fingered Narrow-mouthed Frog sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 20 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Smooth-Fingered Narrow-mouthed Frog in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

January

In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Smooth-Fingered Narrow-mouthed Frog in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, against under 5% in June and November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Smooth-Fingered Narrow-mouthed Frog?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Smooth-Fingered Narrow-mouthed Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Where else can you see a Smooth-Fingered Narrow-mouthed Frog?

Only Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, in our data

Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Smooth-Fingered Narrow-mouthed Frog sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Smooth-Fingered Narrow-mouthed Frog live in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

Same family: Microhylidae

The closest relatives of the Smooth-Fingered Narrow-mouthed Frog that you can see in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (family Microhylidae, Narrow-mouthed Frogs) are Yellow-spotted Narrow-mouthed Frog (about 10%) and Bornean Narrow-mouthed Frog (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Smooth-Fingered Narrow-mouthed Frog sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Smooth-Fingered Narrow-mouthed Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (31 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.

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