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Family : DICROGLOSSIDAE
Species : Limnonectes deinodon
Size (snout to vent) :
Female 4.6 cm, Male 4.7 cm Limnonectes
deinodon (Corrugated Frog) is a small species which inhabits shallow
puddles and clear streams within primary rainforest and freshwater swamp
forest. It occurs from the lowlands to at least 1500 metres above sea level.
Its body is stout, its hind legs thick and muscular, its snout is rounded and
its eyes are medium in size. Its colouration comprises a dorsal surface
which is orange-brown or medium brown
with darker mottling, and a pale underside. Its skin is distinctly
corrugated, as shown in Figure 4.
This species ranges widely from India and Myanmar through Thailand and
Peninsular Malaysia. It also occurs in Borneo, but is absent from Singapore.
Figs 1 and 2 : Example from swamp forest
habitat at Panti Forest, Johor, Peninsular
Malaysia.
Fig 3 : Juvenile at Fraser's Hill, Peninsular Malaysia (elevation = 1000 metres).
Fig 4 : Example from Sungai Sedim, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia : note the
corrugations on the skin.
Fig 5 : Example from a fast-flowing rocky stream at the base of Maxwell
Hill, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia.
References :
Manthey U., Grossmann W., 1997. Amphibien und Reptilien Sudostasiens.
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