Wild Herps - Lesser Swamp Frog (Limnonectes paramacrodon)

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Limnonectes paramacrodon — Lesser Swamp Frog

Also known as:

Masked Frog, Masked Swamp Frog

Bako National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia—January 25, 2017

Lesser Swamp Frog (Limnonectes paramacrodon)

Thanks to Chien Lee for correcting my original ID for this frog on iNaturalist (which was L. ibanorum).

My Travelogues and Trip Lists page includes a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on this trip to Malaysia, as well as a travelogue of the trip.

Bako National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia—January 25, 2017

The first time I day-tripped to Bako, the shallow streams and swampy expanses near the headquarters were a cacophony of these calling, jumping, and splashing frogs. Breeding frenzy! When I returned several days later, nary a frog was visible.

Online references:

Limnonectes paramacrodon account on Frogs of Borneo
Limnonectes paramacrodon account on Ecology Asia

Printed references:

Inger, R. F., Stuebing, R. B., Grafe, T. U., Dehling, J. M. 2017. A Field Guide to the Frogs of Borneo, Third Edition
Wahab, T. B., Das, I., Min, P. Y., Haas, A. 2014. A Photographic Guide to Frogs of Kubah National Park