Amphibians

Southeast Asia is one of the richest places on Earth for amphibians, occuring across Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Borneo, Indonesia and everywhere else. Amphibians are a taxon of creatures that are ectothermic, produce non-calcified eggs, and breathe as well as absorb water through the skin. Amphibians also generally lay eggs that hatch in standing water, though there are some frogs that create foam nests which hang on plants or even lay their eggs on the walls of tree holes. The tadpoles, once hatched, will drop into the pool of water below.

Eventually, these tadpoles become miniature versions of their adult parents called 'froglets' once out of the water. Frogs and toads make up a major composition of the species included in this taxon. The wet tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia provide an ideal ecology for numerous frogs species, accounting for the massive number of species concentrated in just one region. These unique amphibians form various genera of frogs, depending on their ecological disposition.