31st March 2020
Edwardina’s horned frog, Borneophrys (Megophrys) edwardinae (Inger, 1989) of ulu Baram, central Sarawak / Borneo.
Tag: toad
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
25th April 2019
female crested toad, Ingerophrynus divergens (Peters, 1871) of south Sarawak / Borneo
9th April 2019
Balu eastern frog or dwarf mountain frog, Alcalus baluensis (Boulenger, 1896)
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.
21st March 2018
Kobayashi’s horned frog, Pelobatrachus kobayashii Malkmus and Matsui, 1997 from Sabah / Borneo.
18th March 2018
Edwardina’s horned frog, Borneophrys (Megophrys) edwardinae (Inger, 1989) from central Sarawak / Borneo.