Ansonia leptopus
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Brown Slender Toad
Also known as:
Matang Stream Toad
This funny-looking small toad was perched on a small plant near a fast-moving rocky stream at Kubah National Park. This is a typical pose and location for a calling male, though I didn't see it call.
My Travelogues and Trip Lists page includes a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on this trip to Malaysia, as well as a travelogue of the trip.
This one was just off a forest trail, not particularly close to any body of water, on an on-and-off rainy night. They look so serious!
These three were all perched on boulders near a fast-moving rocky stream. At least the first one was indeed calling; you can see its inflated vocal sac.
Just like last year, I also found one individual this year that was in the forest vegetation, not particularly near any body of water.
Online references:
- Ansonia leptopus account on AmphibiaWeb
- Ansonia leptopus account on Frogs of Borneo
Printed references:
- Inger, R. F., Stuebing, R. B., Grafe, T. U., Dehling, J. M. 2017. A Field Guide to the Frogs of Borneo, Third Edition
- Wahab, T. B., Das, I., Min, P. Y., Haas, A. 2014. A Photographic Guide to Frogs of Kubah National Park