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The Masked Rough-sided
Frog lives in the leaf litter of lowland primary forest, but can more easily
be found at the forest edge, or in ponds and puddles. Nocturnal in habits,
it can be located by its call - a distinctive 'yip-yip-yip'.
It
has a distinctive black mask behind the eye, which includes the tympanum,
and a thin line of white spots on each side of the body. Dorsal colour can
vary from medium reddish-brown to very dark brown, and the underside is
creamy coloured.
A recent discovery of the tadpoles in Singapore confirmed them as
translucent/reddish with an elongate body and long narrow tail.
The species ranges from
West Malaysia and Singapore to the island of Borneo. Populations of this
species in Singapore were previously assigned as R. baramica, however
this error has been corrected in Singapore species lists since 2004.
Fig 1 : Typically the
species occurs amongst forest-floor leaf litter.
Fig 2 : Specimen from Chestnut Forest, Singapore.
Fig 3 : Photographed in Singapore's central forests.
Fig 4 : The unusual-looking tadpole is reddish and elongate, with a long tail.
Family : RANIDAE
Species : Pulchrana laterimaculata
Size (snout to vent) :
Female 7 cm, Male 5 cm ?
References : H3
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