Ornate Burrowing Frog

Ornate Burrowing Frog

Platyplectrum ornatum

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Kakadu National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
30–40
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
30–40
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🌙 When They're Spotted

Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)

🌙Nocturnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
2 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
3 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
0–10%
4 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
5 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
6 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Ornate Burrowing Frog in Kakadu National Park?

About 10% of visitor-days record a Ornate Burrowing Frog sighting in Kakadu National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Ornate Burrowing Frog in Kakadu National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Ornate Burrowing Frog in Kakadu National Park in our monthly data.

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