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Adult, Panti Forest, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia.


Mating pair, Endau-Rompin, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia.

Family : RANIDAE
Species : Limnonectes blythii
Size (snout to vent) :
Female 26 cm, Male 12.5 cm

References : H2, H3, H4

This is a highly variable species, the female of which can reach the formidable size of 26 cm (snout-to-vent). It is mainly a forest frog, but at night it can be found in puddles or wet grass in forest clearings. It feeds on invertebrates such as worms, insects, crabs and other frogs. It is even known to take small snakes. Its colour can vary from brownish to reddish; some variants have a broad, orange ventral stripe. This species has no call.

	Typical eye pattern.
	Specimen with thick vertebral stripe, Panti Forest, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia.
	Most have a white throat and belly. Seletar, Singapore.

Its range is somewhat unclear, as a result of uncertain classification, however it is easily found in Borneo, West Malaysia and the Central Catchment Forests of Singapore.