Leptomantis belalongensis
Leptomantis belalongensis is a frog. It lives in Brunei and Malaysia.[2][3][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Leptomantis |
| Species: | L. belalongensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptomantis belalongensis (Dehling and Grafe, 2008)
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The adult male frog is 25.8-30.9 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 34.7-38.2 mm long. The skin of the frog's back is gray or light brown in color. There are small dark brown spots on its back and sides. There are some blue spots on the sides of the body. The iris of the eye is red and yellow in color with a black circle around the outside.[4]
This frog lives in rainforests. It sits on plants next to streams, 1-3 m above the ground. People have seen the males 10 m above the ground. The female frog lays eggs in a foam nest on leaves over streams.[1]
People saw this frog in Brunei where two rivers came together and in Gunung Mulu National Park in Malaysia. Scientists believe this frog is not in danger of dying out because, even though it only lives in a small place, that place is only in protected parks: Ulu Temburong National Park and Gunung Mulu National Park.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Belalong Tree Frog: Leptomantis belalongensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T79128770A123468729. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T79128770A123468729.en. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Leptomantis belalongensis (Dehling and Grafe, 2008)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ↑ "Leptomantis belalongensis (Dehling and Grafe, 2008)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ↑ Dehling JM; Grafe TU (2008). "A new treefrog of the genus Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Brunei Darussalam (Borneo)". Salamandra (Abstract). 44 (2): 101–112. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
