Smooth Guardian Frog

True & Fanged Frogs

Limnonectes palavanensis

Basic stats

Diet

Invertebrates

Habitat

Forest streams in lowland and hill forest

Range

Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia

Clutch size

Several hundred eggs (typical for fanged frogs)

Incubation period

About 1–2 weeks to hatching (typical for fanged frogs)

Size

Medium (40–60mm)

Weight

~12–25g

A fanged frog with smoother skin texture than several rougher-skinned relatives, found near forest streams in lowland and hill forest.

Nocturnal, calling from the stream edge, with the bony jaw projections and territorial combat behaviour typical of male fanged frogs.

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