Leptomantis harrissoni

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Leptomantis harrissoni, common name Harrisson's flying frog or brown tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to northern Borneo.[1][2]

Distribution

This species is widely distributed in northern Borneo and occurs in Sarawak and Sabah (Malaysia), Brunei, and northern Kalimantan (Indonesia).[2][1]

Habitat

Its natural habitat is primary or old secondary lowland rainforests in both flat and hilly terrain below 350 m of elevation. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

Description

Leptomantis harrissoni can reach a length of about Script error: No such module "convert". in males, of about Script error: No such module "convert". in females. These medium-sized frogs have an angular and pointed snout and well developed dark hand webbing. They are basically brown.[3]

Tadpoles can reach a length of about Script error: No such module "convert"., They have a well developed and rather pointed tail fin, an ovoid body and a short snout. The basic color is dark brown.[3]

Biology

Leptomantis harrissoni spends most of its life high up in the forest. Males call for breeding in water-containing holes located in the trunks of trees.[2] Eggs are laid in a foam nest attached to the bark above said tree holes.[3]

These frogs use the skin membranes between their fingers as a kind of parachute to make real flights among the branches of trees of the forest (hence the common name of the species).

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