Malabar Dot Frog

Malabar Dot Frog

Uperodon triangularis

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LCNTNear ThreatenedVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Nagarhole National Park

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

16 Verified sightings at Nagarhole National Park From 2019 to 2026
16 In 1 park
June Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Malabar Dot Frog

Uperodon triangularis is a species of narrow-mouthed frog (family Microhylidae) found in southwestern India. They are endemic to the Western Ghats, where they are known to breed in water collected in tree hollows. The advertisement calls of males is made up of about 30 pulses of 0.38 second duration with a frequency range of 0.6 and 1.1 kHz. These are emitted every three seconds. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Malabar Dot Frog in Nagarhole National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Malabar Dot Frog sighting in Nagarhole National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 5 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.

When is the best time to see a Malabar Dot Frog in Nagarhole National Park?

May–June and October

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Malabar Dot Frog in Nagarhole National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, July, September and December, the lowest months. Those are among Nagarhole National Park's wettest months, with about 180 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in February.

What time of day is best to see a Malabar Dot Frog?

Between 4 and 7 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Malabar Dot Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Where else can you see a Malabar Dot Frog?

Only Nagarhole National Park, in our data

Nagarhole National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Malabar Dot Frog sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Malabar Dot Frog live in Nagarhole National Park?

Same order: Anura

The closest relatives of the Malabar Dot Frog that you can see in Nagarhole National Park (order Anura, Frogs and Toads) are Bicolored Frog (about 40%), Common Indian Toad (about 40%) and Indus Valley Bullfrog (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Malabar Dot Frog sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Malabar Dot Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Nagarhole National Park (16 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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