''Philautus mjobergi'' is a species of

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in the family

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. It is

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to northern

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and found in

Kalimantan Kalimantan () is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. It constitutes 73% of the island's area. The non-Indonesian parts of Borneo are Brunei and East Malaysia. In Indonesia, "Kalimantan" refers to the whole island of Borneo. In 2019, ...

(

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) and

Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the M ...

(

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). The specific name ''mjobergi'' honours

Eric Mjöberg Eric Georg Mjöberg (6 August 1882 – 8 July 1938) was a Swedish zoologist and ethnographer who led the first Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia in the early 1900s, and worked in Indonesia. The plant ''Vaccinium mjoebergii'' J.J.Sm. was ...

, a Swedish naturalist, ethnographer, and explorer. Common names Murud bubble-nest frog and Mjöberg's bush frog have been coined for it.

Description

Adult males measure and adult females in snout–vent length. The appearance is stocky. The head is broader than it is long. The snout is rounded to elliptical. The tympanum is obscure. The finger and toe tips bear fleshy fringes and broad, oval discs; the fingers have rudimentary webbing while the more heavily webbed. The dorsal ground colour is pale grey to dark chestnut; the pattern is highly variable and may include bars, stripes, and mottling, or be plain. The

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is brown or goldish and has a horizontal dark bar.

Habitat and conservation

''Philautus mjobergi'' occurs in submontane forests and montane (oak-chestnut) forests at elevations of

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. Males

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at night from the shrub layer above the ground. The eggs may be laid in

pitcher plant Pitcher plants are several different carnivorous plants which have modified leaves known as pitfall traps—a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive liquid. The traps of what are considered to be "true" pitcher p ...

s. This species may not be threatened because most logging occurs at lower elevations, although this statement is based on a higher lower limit for this species (1500 m) than found in other sources (800 m). It occurs in several protected areas, including Kinabalu Park and

Gunung Mulu National Park The Gunung Mulu National Park is a national park in Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that encompasses caves and karst formations in a mountainous equatorial rainforest setting. The park is famous for its cav ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2699820 mjobergi Nepenthes infauna Endemic fauna of Borneo Amphibians of Indonesia Amphibians of Malaysia Amphibians described in 1925 Taxa named by Malcolm Arthur Smith Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians of Borneo