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Mountain Litter Frog
   

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.

 
 

In the crouched defensive position

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.