Photographed at Mount Kinabalu HQ (at 1500 metres), Sabah, Malaysian
Borneo.
Family : MEGOPHRYIDAE
Species : Leptobrachium montanum
Size (snout to vent) :
Female 8.7 cm, Male 6.5 cm
References : H3, H4 |
In the montane areas of
Borneo the lowland litter frogs are replaced by this species, the Mountain
Litter Frog, which is able to withstand the cooler night-time temperatures.
This charming frog can be found around the headquarters of the
Mount Kinabalu National Park
at around 1500 metres elevation.
As with other litter
frogs, when feeling threatened this nocturnal species does not hop away but
prefers to slowly crouch down into the leaf litter (see inset). It has a
brown dorsal side and lighter, sometimes greyish, ventral side. It's skinny
forearms are characteristic of litter frogs.
This species is endemic to
Borneo.
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