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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 frog 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 are 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.
This species occurs in Peninsular Malaysia and the far south of Thailand.
Fig 1 : Example from swamp forest
habitat at Panti Forest, Johor, Peninsular
Malaysia.
Fig 2 : This juvenile (snout-vent length = ~10 mm) was found amongst
leaf litter along a forest path at Kledang Saiong, Perak, Peninsular
Malaysia.
Fig 3 : Example from Sungai Sedim, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia.
Fig 4 : Example from the base of Maxwell Hill (= Bukit Larut) near
Taiping, Peninsular Malaysia.
Fig 5 : Juvenile at Fraser's Hill, Peninsular Malaysia (elevation = 1000 metres).
Fig 6 : Example from a fast-flowing rocky stream at the base of Maxwell
Hill (= Bukit Larut), Perak, Peninsular Malaysia.
References :
Manthey U., Grossmann W., 1997. Amphibien und Reptilien Sudostasiens.
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