Leaf-dwelling Shrub Frog

Leaf-dwelling Shrub Frog

Pseudophilautus folicola

Silhouette: PhyloPic

LCNTVUVulnerableENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Sinharaja Forest Reserve

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

21 Verified sightings at Sinharaja Forest Reserve From 2019 to 2026
21 In 1 park
August Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Leaf-dwelling Shrub Frog

Pseudophilautus folicola, known as leaf-dwelling shrub frog, is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

It is threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Closest Relatives at Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Leaf-dwelling Shrub Frog in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Leaf-dwelling Shrub Frog sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 17th most-seen of the 25 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 Leaf-dwelling Shrub Frog in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?

August

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Leaf-dwelling Shrub Frog in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in March and October–December, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Leaf-dwelling Shrub Frog?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Leaf-dwelling Shrub 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.

Where else can you see a Leaf-dwelling Shrub Frog?

Only Sinharaja Forest Reserve, in our data

Sinharaja Forest Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Leaf-dwelling Shrub Frog sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Leaf-dwelling Shrub Frog live in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?

Same genus: Pseudophilautus

The closest relatives of the Leaf-dwelling 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.

Where does the Leaf-dwelling Shrub Frog sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Leaf-dwelling Shrub Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (21 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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