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Perched Frog

Black-spotted Rock Frog (Stuarois natator) - Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

 

These frogs were cool in that they utilized several different habitats from what I saw. During the day I saw them on rocks near very small to large streams in fairly calm areas as well as sitting on rocks surrounded by cascades. Then during the night these frogs would take to the trees and I would see them above ground on vegetation and saplings sometimes as far as 2 meters above the ground. This is one of the few species of frog in Borneo that is diurnally active however I did see several of them active at night on atleast one occasion, in some of the areas that these frogs are day active in the closely related Rock Skipper Frog (Staurois latopalmatus) replaces them during the night.

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Uploaded on January 11, 2014
Taken on June 24, 2013