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This small, elusive frog
inhabits moist, lowland rainforest and freshwater swamp forest where it
lives amongst streamside vegetation. By day it stays concealed amongst
clumps of leaves or in tree crevices, but at dusk it emerges and positions
itself on the upperside of large leaves, including tree ferns.
Its call is a quiet 'chit, chit' which can be heard mainly around dusk and
early evening.
It has a relatively large head, and large eyes, and its snout is short and
angular with a well defined ridge running from the eye to the snout. Its
legs are long and slim, but when navigating amongst twigs and slender
branches it prefers to 'walk' by carefully gripping the vegetation with its
slender fingers and toes, rather than hop.
Its dorsal colour is light brown with medium brown patches. A dark brown
line extends from one eye to the other across the top of its head. Beneath
each eye there is usually a white patch. On the underside of each thigh are
tiny, bluish spots. The belly is generally pale yellow.
The Blue-legged Bush Frog ranges from Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore to
the islands of Sumatra and Borneo.
Fig 1: : Typical
resting position on top of vegetation.
Fig 2 : Side view - note the white spot under the eye.
Fig 3 : Front view of the angular snout and large eyes. Family : RHACOPHORIDAE
Species : Rhacophorus cyanopunctatus
Size (snout to vent) :
Female 4.3 cm, Male 3.5 cm
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