Wild Herps - Giant River Frog (Limnonectes leporinus)

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Limnonectes leporinus — Giant River Frog

Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia—January 26, 2017

Giant River Frog (Limnonectes leporinus)

These rather generic-looking large frogs patrolled the forest floor around Kubah's famous Frog Pond.

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.

Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia—February 24, 2018

I believe the sharp angle between top and sides of snout marks this very large frog as Limnonectes leporinus rather than the similarly-sized Limnonectes malesianus.

Online references:

Limnonectes leporinus account on AmphibiaWeb
Limnonectes leporinus account on Frogs of Borneo

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