Juveniles of Rentapia everetti (Boulenger, 1896) (Everett’s Asian tree toad or marbled tree toad) of Sarawak / Borneo – around 950m ASL

The species Rentapia everetti is not easy to observe: as a predominantly arboreal tree frog, it usually stays in the upper tree canopy and rarely descends to areas close to the ground. Accordingly, only a few individuals can usually be observed on leaves, especially during the dry season, when the animals are apparently forced to move to lower vegetation layers to visit streams or ponds.

At the end of November 2025, however, the biotope studied presented a significantly different situation. In addition to one adult male, several dozen juvenile individuals were recorded, mainly in low vegetation and in the leaf litter. This observation suggests that R. everetti only moves into the tree canopy at the subadult stage and that juvenile animals initially make greater use of microhabitats close to the ground.
The individuals pictured below also display characteristic juvenile colouring, which is significantly less intensely green than in adult animals. This comparatively inconspicuous colouring also roughly matches the leaf litter in which the juvenile animals occur, providing them with particularly effective camouflage.