Whitebelly Reed Frog

Whitebelly Reed Frog

Heterixalus alboguttatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
40–50% · Likely
overall probability at Ranomafana National Park
29 Verified records at Ranomafana National Park
February Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

Heterixalus alboguttatus (also known as the Starry Night Reed Frog) is a species of reed frog in the family Hyperoliidae endemic to Madagascar. Females possess a characteristic yellow-spotted dorsal patterning, while males can be almost uniformly white. It forms a species complex with H. boettgeri and H. madagascariensis, and is known to hybridize with H. boettgeri. H. alboguttatus is generally found in open habitats, such as savannahs, degraded forest, swamps, grasslands and ricefields. Since these habitats are generally expanding in Madagascar due to human activity, it is not considered threatened. Females of the species reach a snout-vent length of about 30-33mm, and the H. alboguttatus species breeds in a range of temporary and permanent water bodies, such as those found in the rice fields where the species may makes its habitat, with females producing around 500 black and white eggs, often perching on sunlit leaves of Pandanus plants and other plants during the breeding period. Wikipedia →

40–50% of wildlife watchers report a Whitebelly Reed Frog sighting in Ranomafana National Park, based on 29 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

50–60
Jan
80–90
Feb
50–60
Mar
30–40
Apr
40–50
May
30–40
Jun
5–10
Jul
50–60
Aug
40–50
Sep
40–50
Oct
30–40
Nov
10–20
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙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 Ranomafana National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
40–50%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Whitebelly Reed Frog in Ranomafana National Park?

About 44% of wildlife watchers report a Whitebelly Reed Frog sighting in Ranomafana National Park, based on 29 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Whitebelly Reed Frog in Ranomafana National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Whitebelly Reed Frog in Ranomafana National Park in our monthly data.

← Back to Ranomafana National Park