Sabah Mountain Slender Litter Frog

Litter Frogs

Leptobrachella sabahmontana

Basic stats

Diet

Small invertebrates

Habitat

Leaf litter near montane streams

Range

Endemic to Borneo (Sabah highlands)

Clutch size

~10–20 eggs (typical for dwarf litter frogs)

Incubation period

About 2–3 weeks to hatching (typical for the genus)

Size

Tiny (15–19mm)

Weight

<1g

A dwarf litter frog restricted to montane forest in Sabah's highlands, as the species name suggests, sharing the tiny size and leaf-brown camouflage typical of Leptobrachella.

Nocturnal, calling from streamside leaf litter at higher elevation than most of its lowland relatives; field identification against other slender litter frogs generally requires a recorded call.

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