7th December 2024
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…
Tag: toad
14th November 2024
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…
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…
26th September 2024
Penrissen dwarf toad, Pelophryne penrissenensis Das, 2008 of Sarawak / Borneo, 2105m ASL
26th December 2023
Dwarf slender toad, Ansonia minuta Inger, 1960 of Sarawak / Borneo, 1000m ASL
25th March 2023
Murud dwarf toad, Pelophryne murudensis Das, 2008 of Sarawak / Borneo, 2105m ASL
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…
10th April 2020
Highland Dwarf Toad Pelophryne sp. of central Borneo around 1200m ASL A very small and maybe a undescribed dwarf toad of the Pelophryne genus. The discovery of this toad was a lucky find and unfortunately the only individual I could…