Amphibia:Anura:Bufonidae

Bufo asper Gravenhorst, 1829

'Giant River Toad'

# Male (SV-132.50mm)

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Amphibia:Anura:Bufonidae

Bufo melanostictus Schneider, 1799

'Common Asian Toad'
'House Toad'

? Male/Female (SV-99.45mm)

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Amphibia:Anura:Ranidae

Rana baramica Boettger, 1901

'Masked rough-sided Frog'
'Baram's Frog'
'Baram River Frog'

# Male (SV-43.50mm)

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Amphibia:Anura:Ranidae

Rana glandulosa Boulenger, 1882

'Sarawak Frog'
'Glandular Frog'
'Rough-sided Frog'

# Male (SV-66.0mm)

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Amphibia:Anura:Microhylidae

Microhyla butleri Boulenger, 1900

'Butler Narrow-mouthed Frog'

# Male

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Microhyla butleri

# Male

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Amphibia:Anura:Ranidae

Rana hosii Boulenger, 1891

'Poisonous Rock Frog'

#?Male/Female

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Rana hosii

# Male

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Amphibia:Anura:Ranidae

Limnonectes blythii (Boulenger, 1920)

'Malayan Giant River Frog'

?male/female (still juvenile)

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Amphibia:Anura:Ranidae

Rana signata (Gunther, 1872)

'Orange-spotted Stream Frog'

#Male

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Rana signata

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Rana signata

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Amphibia:Anura:Bufonidae

Pedostibes hosii (Boulenger,1892)

'Hosii Toad'

# Male (SV-73.35mm)

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Pedostibes hosii

#Male

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Amphibia:Anura:Ranidae

Rana erythraea (Schlegel, 1837)

'Common Greenback Frog'

# Female (SV-71.65mm)

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Rana erythraea

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Amphibia:Anura:Ranidae

Rana chalconota (Schlegel,1837)

'Cooper-cheeked Frog'

"Amplexing mood"

#Male/Female (SV-33.25mm/55.40mm)

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Amphibia:Anura:Ranidae

Limnonectes malesianus (Kiew, 1984)

'Malesian Giant River Frog' ( Male )

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Amphibia:Anura:Rhacophoridae

Polypedates macrotis (Boulenger,1894)

'Tree Frog'

# Male (SV-55.70mm)

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Polypedates macrotis

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Amphibia:Anura:Microhylidae

Microhyla heymonsi Vogt,1911

"Dark-sided Chorus Frog'

# Male (SV-19.40mm)

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Amphibia:Anura:Rhacophoridae

Polypedates leucomystax leucomystax (Gravenhorst, 1829)

'Four-lined Tree Frog'

'Amplexing mood'

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Polypedates leucomystax sexvirgatus (Gravenhorst, 1829)

'Four-lined Tree Frog'

# Female (SV-65.35mm)

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Amphibia:Anura:Ranidae

Fejervarya limnocharis (Gravenhorst, 1829)

'Cricket Frog' # Female (SV-56.75mm)

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Amphibia:Anura:Ranidae

Rana plicatella Stoliczka,1873

Rhinoceros Frog

?Male/Female (SV- 38.30mm)

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Amphibia:Anura:Ranidae

Amolops larutensis (Boulenger, 1899)

Stream Torrent Frog

#Female (SV-49.95mm)

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Amolops larutensis

# Female

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Daicus M. Belabut - University Malaya's Herpetologist

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What is Herpetology?

Here is the definition of Herpetology

her·pe·tol·o·gy (hûrp-tl-j)

NOUN:The branch of zoology that deals with reptiles and amphibians.

ETYMOLOGY: Greek herpeton, reptile (from herpein, to creep) + -logy

OTHER FORMS:

herpe·to·logic (-t-ljk) or herpe·to·logi·cal (Adjective),
herpe·to·logi·cal·ly (Adverb), herpe·tolo·gist (Noun)

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== What is an Amphibian?
== Amphibians are divided in three groups or orders viz.
(i) Anurans (frogs and toads);
(ii) Gymnophionans (caecilians);
(iii) Urodeles (newts and salamanders)
# no urodeleans in Malaysia (Berry, 1975).

== What is a Reptile?
== Reptiles are divided into four orders/groups viz.
(i) Testudines (turtles and tortoises);
(ii) Squamata (scaled reptiles - snakes and lizards);
(iii) Crocodylia (crocodiles, aligators and gharials);
(iv) Rhynchocephalia (tuataras)

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