Pseudophilautus cavirostris
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Pseudophilautus cavirostris, commonly called hollow-snouted shrub frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
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Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Hollow-snouted Shrub Frog sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 25 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.
January–March, May, July and September
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Hollow-snouted Shrub Frog in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in April, October and December, the lowest months.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hollow-snouted Shrub Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Sinharaja Forest Reserve, in our data
Sinharaja Forest Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hollow-snouted Shrub Frog sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Pseudophilautus
The closest relatives of the Hollow-snouted Shrub Frog that you can see in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (genus Pseudophilautus, Shrub Frogs) are Common Shrub Frog (about 30%), Sharp-snouted Shrub Frog (about 30%) and Schneider's shrub frog (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hollow-snouted Shrub Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (33 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.
