Rhacophorus lateralis
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Rhacophorus lateralis is a rhacophorid tree frog endemic to the Western Ghats in South India. It has several common names: small tree frog, Boulenger's tree frog, small gliding frog, and winged gliding frog. After its original description in 1883 by George Albert Boulenger, the frog was rediscovered in Coorg in 2000 and has since been found in many parts of the Western Ghats around southern Karnataka and northern Kerala. Along with R. malabaricus, it is one of the few anuran amphibians in India that constructs its nest above the ground using leaves.
The frog was described by George Albert Boulenger in 1883 based on a single specimen from "Malabar" (present-day Kerala) collected by Richard Henry Beddome with a second specimen in the Indian Museum from Koppa in Chikmagalur collected by W. M. Daly, then resident in Kadur. Several later surveys did not report the species until its rediscovery in 2000 in the course of an expedition to the Western Ghats by a team from University of Aberdeen. The rediscovery was based on two adult females and an unsexed metamorph specimen collected from Lakunda estate in Virajpet taluka in South Kodagu. The frog is slender with a short... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a winged gliding frog sighting in Nagarhole National Park on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 5 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and August
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a winged gliding frog in Nagarhole National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and November–January, the lowest months. Those are among Nagarhole National Park's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in February.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most winged gliding 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.
Only Nagarhole National Park, in our data
Nagarhole National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate winged gliding frog sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Anura
The closest relatives of the winged gliding 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.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the winged gliding frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Nagarhole National Park (28 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.
