Rough Horned Frog

Horned Frogs

Megophrys edwardinae

Basic stats

Diet

Invertebrates, occasionally small vertebrates

Habitat

Hill and lower montane forest streams

Range

Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia

Clutch size

~100–200 eggs (typical for horned frogs)

Incubation period

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

Size

Large (70–100mm)

Weight

~30–70g

A montane horned frog with rough, warty skin and the pointed, horn-like projections above the eyes typical of the genus, found in hill and lower montane forest streams.

Sits motionless on the forest floor or in shallow streams, relying on leaf-litter camouflage to ambush passing invertebrates, and is generally scarcer and less frequently recorded than the lowland Bornean horned frog.

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