Pseudophilautus nemus
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Pseudophilautus nemus, known as whistling shrub frog, is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. It has been observed in the Haycock Hill Forest Reserve, and the Kanneliya Forest, between 60 and 660 meters above sea level.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Whistling Shrub Frog sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 24th most-seen of the 25 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Whistling Shrub Frog in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in April, June and September–February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Whistling Shrub 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 Sinharaja Forest Reserve, in our data
Sinharaja Forest Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Whistling Shrub Frog sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Pseudophilautus
The closest relatives of the Whistling 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 Whistling Shrub Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (10 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.
