Photographed at Mount Kinabalu HQ (elevation = 1500 metres), Sabah, Malaysian
Borneo.
Family : DICROGLOSSIDAE
Species : Limnonectes kuhlii
Size (snout to vent) :
Female 6.7 cm, Male 8.7 cm
References : H3, H4 |
A species
of primary forests, Kuhl's Creek Frog can be found in the narrowest and
shallowest of forest streams where its eggs are laid. This frog can survive
in a huge range of altitudes from lowland plains up to 2200 metres above sea
level.
Its dorsal
colouration comprises dark brown streaks and mottles on a light brown
background. The frog in this photograph is somewhat lighter in colour than
usual.
This is a
wide ranging species, from India and China through Thailand to West Malaysia
and Borneo to the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi. In
Singapore it is absent.
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