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Ansonia latidisca, commonly called the Sambas stream toad or Bornean rainbow toad, is a small true toad rediscovered in 2011 after being unseen since 1924. [2] It is endemic to Borneo (Indonesia and Malaysia). [3] Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]
Ansonia latidisca, commonly called the Sambas stream toad or Bornean rainbow toad, is a small true toad rediscovered in 2011 after being unseen since 1924. It is endemic to Borneo ( Indonesia and Malaysia ).
15 lip 2011 · The rainbow toad, also known as the Sambas stream toad or Bornean rainbow toad, is a colorful and poisonous species that was last seen in 1924. In 2011, it was rediscovered by a team of scientists in the jungles of Sarawak, Malaysia, after a global campaign to find "extinct" amphibians.
It depicted a small and slender toad around 5 centimetres in length with narrow limbs, slender fingers and bulbous eyes. It was simple and monochrome and the skin looked not-unlike tree bark. It certainly did not live up to the name of “rainbow toad”.
15 lip 2011 · A research team tracks down the tree-dwelling Borneo rainbow toad in an area along the Malaysia-Indonesia border that had formerly been inaccessible.
13 lip 2011 · Led by Dr. Indraneil Das with Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), who last years discovered a pea-sized frog in Borneo, researchers found the long-elusive Bornean rainbow toad hanging out 2 meters up a tree. The species was found at night in a little-explored area of the Gunung Penrissen mountain range.
17 paź 2024 · Nestled in the heart of Southeast Asia, the Bornean Rainbow Toad inhabits the dense and humid rainforests of Borneo, primarily within the Malaysian state of Sarawak. These forests provide a complex ecosystem where towering trees create a multi-tiered canopy, offering a myriad of microhabitats.
