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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dicroglossidae |
Genus: | Occidozyga |
Species: | O. baluensis
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Binomial name | |
Occidozyga baluensis (
Boulenger, 1896)
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Synonyms [2] | |
Oreobatrachus baluensis Boulenger, 1896 |
The seep frog or Balu oriental frog (Occidozyga baluensis) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is probably endemic to Borneo. [1] [2]
Occidozyga baluensis is found in northwestern Borneo ( Sarawak, Malaysia, Brunei, and Kalimantan, Indonesia) and was also recorded once in Lampung, Sumatra, although the latter is questionable. [1] Its name refers to its type locality, " Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo". [2]
Occidozyga baluensis are small–medium-sized frogs. Males grow to a snout–vent length of about 25 mm (0.98 in) and females to 35 mm (1.4 in). Dorsal colouration is variable, brown, grey, or olive, sometimes with dark markings. Some individuals have a vertebral stripe. The belly is cream with an abundance of brown spots. Tadpoles have a long tail with low tail fin; the tip is pointed. The mouth is terminal in position and the orifice appears quite small. [3]
Occidozyga baluensis inhabit shallow ponds or water-filled depressions where clear water seeps out at the base of a slope. Tadpoles live in the shallow water film that covers the leaf litter in seepage areas. They are predatory and ingest small invertebrates. [3] The species is threatened by habitat loss caused by clear-cutting. [1]
Seep frog | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Dicroglossidae |
Genus: | Occidozyga |
Species: | O. baluensis
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Binomial name | |
Occidozyga baluensis (
Boulenger, 1896)
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Synonyms [2] | |
Oreobatrachus baluensis Boulenger, 1896 |
The seep frog or Balu oriental frog (Occidozyga baluensis) is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is probably endemic to Borneo. [1] [2]
Occidozyga baluensis is found in northwestern Borneo ( Sarawak, Malaysia, Brunei, and Kalimantan, Indonesia) and was also recorded once in Lampung, Sumatra, although the latter is questionable. [1] Its name refers to its type locality, " Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo". [2]
Occidozyga baluensis are small–medium-sized frogs. Males grow to a snout–vent length of about 25 mm (0.98 in) and females to 35 mm (1.4 in). Dorsal colouration is variable, brown, grey, or olive, sometimes with dark markings. Some individuals have a vertebral stripe. The belly is cream with an abundance of brown spots. Tadpoles have a long tail with low tail fin; the tip is pointed. The mouth is terminal in position and the orifice appears quite small. [3]
Occidozyga baluensis inhabit shallow ponds or water-filled depressions where clear water seeps out at the base of a slope. Tadpoles live in the shallow water film that covers the leaf litter in seepage areas. They are predatory and ingest small invertebrates. [3] The species is threatened by habitat loss caused by clear-cutting. [1]