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Meristogenys jerboa
Basic stats
Diet
Invertebrates
Habitat
Fast, turbulent hill streams
Range
Borneo
Clutch size
Several dozen eggs (typical for torrent frogs)
Incubation period
About 1–2 weeks to hatching (typical for torrent frogs)
Size
Small-medium (35–50mm)
Weight
~8–15g
A torrent frog in the Bornean-centred genus Meristogenys, whose tadpoles have large sucker-like oral discs for clinging to rocks in fast currents, one of the genus's several remarkable stream adaptations.
Found on rocks and boulders within or beside fast-flowing hill streams, well camouflaged against wet stone; Meristogenys species are notoriously difficult to separate from one another in the field.
