Litoria freycineti
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Freycinet's frog (Litoria freycineti), also known as the wallum rocket frog, is a species of frog. It inhabits coastal areas from Fraser Island, Queensland, south to the Jervis Bay Territory of New South Wales. This is a variable species of frog, reaching 45 mm in length. It is normally brown on the dorsal surface with large lighter or darker patches or raised dots; in some specimens, these patches can be very indistinct to almost nonexistent. A triangular shape of the same colour as the patches is present on the snout, another larger triangular shape is present behind the eyes, almost looking like a reflection to the one on the snout. The iris is a rusty colour in the upper half and brown-grey in the bottom. A white bar extends from in front of the eye around the tympanum and to the arm. The lower lip is marbled black and white. The pads on the fingers are small. The underbelly is white and the throat in males is darker.
Despite its name, this species occurs as frequently in sandstone heath habitats as it does in wallum swamps. The call of the male is a duck-like "wak", similar to that of Litoria latopalmata, although slower. Males will... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Wallum Rocket Frog sighting in Royal National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 8th most-seen of the 9 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.
October and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Wallum Rocket Frog in Royal National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and May–September, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wallum Rocket 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.
Only Royal National Park, in our data
Royal National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Wallum Rocket Frog sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Litoria
The closest relatives of the Wallum Rocket Frog that you can see in Royal National Park (genus Litoria) are Peron's Tree Frog (about 30%) and Eastern Dwarf Treefrog (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wallum Rocket Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Royal 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.
