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Free Tawau Hills Park Checklist Tawau Hills Park Sabah 1 Stop Borneo Wildlife Wildlife Checklist Amphibians Mammals Reptiles Birds The Board of Trustee of the Sabah Park of the Trustee The Board of Amphibians Asian Tree Toad Rentapia everetti Brown Slender Toad Ansonia leptopus Brown Tree Toad Rentapia hosii Crested Toad Ingerophrynus divergens Giant River Toad Phrynoidis juxtasper Long-fingered Slender Toad Ansonia longidigita Bufonidae North Borneo Slender Toad Ansonia fuliginea Sabah Earless Toad Sabahphrynus maculatus Spiny Slender Toad Ansonia spinulifer True Toad Pelophryne sp. 1 Tawau Hills Park Amphibians Balu Eastern Frog/ Dwarf Mountain Frog Alcalus baluensis Ceratobatrachidae Common Puddle Frog Occidozyga laevis Crab-eating Frog Fejervaya cancrivora Giant River Frog Limnonectes leporinus Grass Frog Fejervaya limnocharis Greater Swamp Frog Limnonectes ingeri Dicroglossidae Kuhl’s Creek frog Limnonectes cf. kuhlii Masked Swamp Frog Limnonectus paramacrodon Peat Swamp Frog Limnonectes malesianus Wildlife Checklist 2 Rivulet Frog Limnonectus hikidai Rough Guardian Frog Limnonectes finchi Seep Frog Occidozyga baluensis Smooth Guardian Frog Dicroglossidae Limnonectes palavanensis Yellow-bellied Puddle Frog Occidozyga sumatrana Bornean Horned Frog Megophrys nasuta Burrowing Frog Leptobrachella sp. Lowland Litter Frog Leptobrachium abbotti Montane Litter Frog Leptobrachium montanum/gunungense Megophryidae Painted Slender Frog Leptolalax pictus Rough Horned Frog Megophrys edwardinae 3 Tawau Hills Park Amphibians Slender Litter Frog Leptolalax fritinniens Tree Hole Frog Metaphrynella sundana - Megophryidae Leptobrachella sp. Bornean Sticky Frog Kalophrynus meizon Brown Bullfrog Kaloula baleata Burrowing Frog Glyphoglossus sp. Dotted Sticky Frog/ Dotted Grainy Frog Kalophrynus punctatus Least Narrow- mouthed Frog Microhyla perparva Microhylidae Lesser Sticky Frog Kalophrynus subterrestris Intermediate Sticky Frog Kalophrynus intermedius Matang Narrow-mouthed Frog Microhyla borneensis Wildlife Checklist 4 Rufous-sided Sticky Frog Kalophrynus pleurostigma Saffron-bellied Frog Chaperina fusca Microhylidae Variable Sticky Frog Kalophrynus cf. heterochirus Black-spotted Rock Frog/ Dancing Frog Staurois guttatus Brown Torrent Frog Meristogenys phaeomerus Cricket Frog Amnirana nicobariensis Dusky-footed/Northern Torrent Frog Meristogenys orphnocnemis Ranidae Green Paddy Frog Hylarana erythraea Green-spotted Rock Frog Staurois tuberilinguis Hole-in-the-head Frog Huia cavitympanum 5 Tawau Hills Park Amphibians Large White-lipped Frog Chalcorana megalonesa Lesser Rock Frog Staurois parvus Mahogany Frog Hylarana luctuosa Poisonous Rock Frog Odorrana hosii Rock Skipper Staurois latopalmatus Sandy-eyed Torrent Frog Meristogenys amaropalamus Ranidae Spotted Stream Frog Pulchrana picturata Striped Stream Frog Pulchrana signata White-lipped Frog Chalcorana raniceps Whitehead’s Torrent Frog Meristogenys whiteheadi Wildlife Checklist 6 Brown Tree Frog Rhacophorus harrissoni Borneo Flying Frog Rhacophorus borneensis Cinnamon Frog/ White- spotted Tree Frog Nyctixalus pictus Collett’s Tree frog/ Black-spotted Tree Frog Polypedates colletti Common Tree Frog/ Four-lined Tree Frog Polypedates leucomystax Dark-eared Tree Frog Polypedates macrotis Rhacophoridae Dring’s Flying Frog/ White-eared Tree Frog Feihyla kajau Danum Bush Frog Philautus disgregus File-eared Tree Frog Polypedates otilophus Frilled Tree Frog Kurixalus appendiculatus Golden-legged Bush Frog Philautus aurantium 7 Tawau Hills Park Amphibians Hose’s Bush Frog/ Borneo Bubbled-nest Frog Philautus hosii Harlequin Tree Frog Rhacophorus pardalis Jade Tree Frog Rhacophorus dulitensis Malkmus’s Tree Frog Rhacophorus malkmusi Mjoberg’s Bush Frog Philautus mjobergi Mossy Bush Frog Philautus macroscelis Obscure Bush Frog Rhacophoridae Philautus tectus Peter’s Bush Frog Philautus petersi Short-nosed Tree Frog/Snub-nosed tree frog Rhacophorus gauni Wallace’s Flying Frog Rhacophorus nigropalmatus - Philautus cf.
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