Eastern Smooth Frog

Eastern Smooth Frog

Geocrinia victoriana

Silhouette: Jose Carlos Arenas-Monroy · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Wilsons Promontory National Park

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

14 Verified sightings at Wilsons Promontory National Park From 2019 to 2026
14 In 1 park
May Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Eastern Smooth Frog

The eastern smooth frog (Geocrinia victoriana), or Victoria ground froglet, is a species of frog in the family Myobatrachidae. It is endemic to Australia, specifically to the states of Victoria and New South Wales, where its natural habitats are widely variable, including both wet and dry forests, grasslands, and alpine bogs.

Data related to Geocrinia victoriana at Wikispecies Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Australia · 2025

© Nick Talbot · XC1069823 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Australia · 2024

© nick talbot · XC898765 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Australia · 2025

© Suzanne B · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Melbourne 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Eastern Smooth Frog in Wilsons Promontory National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Smooth Frog sighting in Wilsons Promontory National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 5 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 an Eastern Smooth Frog in Wilsons Promontory National Park?

May and July

In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Smooth Frog in Wilsons Promontory National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to February, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Eastern Smooth Frog?

Between 1 and 4 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eastern Smooth Frog sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Where else can you see an Eastern Smooth Frog?

Only Wilsons Promontory National Park, in our data

Wilsons Promontory National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Eastern Smooth Frog sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Eastern Smooth Frog sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Eastern Smooth Frog is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Wilsons Promontory National Park (14 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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