Wild Herps - Smooth Guardian Frog (Limnonectes palavanensis)

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Limnonectes palavanensis — Smooth Guardian Frog

Also known as:

Palawan Wart Frog

Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia—January 27, 2017

Smooth Guardian Frog (Limnonectes palavanensis)

These are called "guardian frogs" because after the mother frog lays eggs on the forest floor, the father frog guards them. When they hatch, the tadpoles climb onto the father's back and are transported to a nearby stream or pond.

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.

Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia—February 19, 2018

These frogs live solitary lives on the forest floor.

Online references:

Limnonectes palavanensis account on AmphibiaWeb
Limnonectes palavanensis 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