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SCIENTIFIC NAME
Philautus petersi
COMMON NAMES
Peter's Bush Frog
TYPE LOCALITY
"Mts.Penrissen,Dulit and Kina Balu [sic] in Borneo; also from Great Natuna [Island]"
TADPOLE
Head-body oval, slightly depressed, caudal fins large. Head-body and tail uniformly pale.
KNOWN LOCALITIES
[Cameron Highlands], [Bukit Larut, Perak], [Genting]
LIFE HISTORY
A montane, forest-dwelling species that inhabits hill dipterocarp or montane forest. Nocturnal, often found perched on the leaves and stems of small plants and in tree holes where thair camouflage makes them difficult to locate. Some specimens have been found within cave-like environments near the summit of Gunung Kajang on Pulau Tioman. During the day, not uncommon to find juveniles on the forest floor.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Least Concern (LC)

DISTRIBUTION
Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
 
SNOUT-VENT-LENGTH
20-27mm (male); 28-35mm (female)
TYMPANUM
obscured by skin, 2/3 diameter of eye
SKIN
Smooth with irregulary distributed tubercles and short ridges. Finely pebbled on the upper surfaces with scattered bumps, especially on the eyelids, on top of the snout, sides of the back and upper surface of the limbs
DORSAL COLOR
Variable shades of brown on dorsum with with or without dark wavy markings on the back; dark interorbital bar present
VENTRAL
Chest and belly mottled with grayish-brown.
DIGITS
tips of digits expanded to form round disks with circum-marginal grooves. Fingers with wide, rounded pads; narrow webbing at base.

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