Rentapia everetti (Boulenger, 1896) (Everett’s Asian tree toad or marbled tree toad) of Sarawak / Borneo – around 950m ASL Rentapia everetti (Boulenger, 1896) is an arboreal toad (family Bufonidae) endemic to northern Borneo, where it occurs in Sarawak, Sabah,…
A new species of sticky frog, Kalophrynus sp. “new” Borneo It is not often that you find an animal of which you immediately know ‘this is a new species’. But every now and then luck favours you and all the…
Kobayashi’s horned frog, Pelobatrachus kobayashii Malkmus and Matsui, 1997 from Sabah / Borneo. A few years ago, I had the chance to photograph the rare Pelobatrachus kobayashii. Nevertheless, I wanted to find and photograph this very impressive and very large…
Kinabalu sticky frog, Kalophrynus baluensis Kiew, 1984 – of Sabah / Borneo Kalophrynus baluensis Kiew 1984 is a microhylid frog endemic to the upper slopes of Mount Kinabalu in Sabah Borneo where it inhabits primary montane forest between roughly 1400…
Ansonia latidisca Inger, 1966 (Sambas Stream Toad or Rainbow Toad) I haven’t found these rainbow toads for a few years now, but this year I finally had luck again. Although I had been to the habitat a few times this…
Penrissen dwarf toad, Pelophryne penrissenensis Das, 2008 of Sarawak / Borneo, 2105m ASL
Dwarf slender toad, Ansonia minuta Inger, 1960 of Sarawak / Borneo, 1000m ASL
Murud dwarf toad, Pelophryne murudensis Das, 2008 of Sarawak / Borneo, 2105m ASL
Murud black slender toad or widow slender toad, Ansonia vidua, Hertwig, Min, Haas & Das, 2014 – 2130m ASL. The specific name vidua is Latin for “widow” and refers to the uniform brownish-black colouration of this species, much like what…
Most likely the Spiny slender toad, Ansonia cf. echinata, Inger and Stuebing, 2009 – around 140m ASL. This species is from a different locality than the holotype of Ansonia echinata – if these animals are truly Ansonia echinata and not…