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SCIENTIFIC NAME
Philautus vermiculatus
COMMON NAMES
Vermiculate Bush Frog
TYPE LOCALITY
"Larut Hills at 4000 feet", Perak, Malaya (Malaysia)
TADPOLE

KNOWN LOCALITIES
[Cameron Highlands], [Bukit Larut, Perak], [Gunung Tahan]
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.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Least Concern (LC)

DISTRIBUTION
Thailand, Malaysia
 
SNOUT-VENT-LENGTH
24-35mm (male)
TYMPANUM
Distinct; 2/5 eye diameter
SKIN
Skin above smooth or with indistinct small warts scattered over the upper surface; throat and belly granular; supratympanic fold present
DORSAL COLOR
Greenish to yellowish-brown above with light colored symmetrical wavy markings; bright yellow at hind limb insertion region and underside of thighs
VENTRAL
Ventral surface of thighs, sides and belly bright orange-yellow.
DIGITS
finger tips expanded into disks, that of the 3rd finger larger than the tympanic diameter; fingers with rudimentary web

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