28th September 2024
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…
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24th March 2023
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…
17th May 2022
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…
17th May 2022
Undescribed stream toad of the Ansonia Genus, Ansonia spec., Sarawak / Borneo 100m ASL It could be that this is the rare and legendary Ansonia albomaculata Inger, 1960 – further DNA studies will solve this. There are several photos of…
27th March 2020
The gracile slender toad, Ansonia teneritas, Waser et al., 2016 – around 1100m ASL The species name teneritas, Latin for ‘tenderness’, refers to the gracile body shape and small body size of this species in comparison to congeners.
23rd March 2020
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…
30th December 2019
Undescribed stream toad of the Ansonia Genus, Ansonia spec., Sarawak / Borneo 100m ASL It could be that this is the rare and legendary Ansonia albomaculata Inger, 1960 – further DNA studies will solve this.
29th April 2019
Update: recent research shows that this is the new described Ansonia kanak Matsui, Nishikawa, Eto & Hossman, 2020 Undescribed stream toad of the Ansonia Genus, Ansonia spec., East-Sabah / Borneo 500m ASL
2nd January 2019
Spiny slender toad, Ansonia echinata, Inger and Stuebing, 2009 – around 890m ASL The specific name echinata is derived from Latin echinatus, meaning “thorny”, and refers to the spinose tubercles on top of the snout and on the sides.
17th May 2017
Minute slender toad, Ansonia minuta Inger, 1960