Abavorana luctuosa
Silhouette: Michael Scroggie, from original photograph by John Bettaso, USFWS (original photograph in public domain). · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Abavorana luctuosa, also known as the Malaysian frog, mahogany frog or purple frog, is a species of true frog. It is found in the Malay Peninsula (Malaysia and southernmost Thailand) and in Borneo (Indonesia, Malaysia). It was formerly placed in the genus Hylarana.
Abavorana luctuosa is a leaf-litter frog from lowland and submontane primary rainforests, including somewhat disturbed habitats. Adult frogs disperse widely through the forest and breed in rain pools. It is reddish to chocolate brown, bordered by a narrow cream dorsolateral line on each side, beginning at the tip of the snout to above the vent.
Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 43: 1–13. Deckert, 1938, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1938: 144. Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 108
Amphibian and Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia - Hylarana luctuosa
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kubah National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
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| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Entopia | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Malaysian Frog sighting in Kubah National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 32nd most-seen of the 41 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.
November
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Malaysian Frog in Kubah National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June–July and October, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Malaysian 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 Kubah National Park, in our data
Kubah National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Malaysian Frog sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Ranidae
The closest relatives of the Malaysian Frog that you can see in Kubah National Park (family Ranidae, Typical Frogs) are Copper-cheeked Frog (about 80%), Black-spotted Rock Skipper (about 70%) and Brown Marsh Frog (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Malaysian Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Kubah National Park (11 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.
