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Philautus tectus
Basic stats
Diet
Small invertebrates
Habitat
Forest leaf litter and low vegetation
Range
Borneo
Clutch size
~10–30 eggs (typical for Philautus, direct-developing)
Incubation period
About 3–4 weeks to a froglet (direct development, typical for Philautus)
Size
Small (25–35mm)
Weight
~3–6g
A small, plain-coloured bush frog whose common name reflects just how poorly documented it is — one of the least-recorded members of a genus that already contains many obscure, hard-to-separate species.
Presumed to share the genus's direct-developing reproduction (skipping the free-swimming tadpole stage) and low-vegetation, leaf-litter habits, but detailed field data specific to this species remains very scarce.
