Waterfall Frog

Amphibians ~ True Frogs ~ Waterfall Frog

The waterfall frog, also called the Larut torrent frog, is a common sight among the boulders and rocks of fast-moving streams and rivers in lowland to upper-level rainforest. It is restricted to Peninsular Malaysia and Southern Thailand in Southeast Asia. This ubiquitous species lives and depends on the strong currents to complete its ecological cycle.

There appears to be two forms; in one, the frog has a streamlined yellowish green appearance with numerous dark spots on the dorsum; in the other, it has a more rounded and stocky body while the back is a dirty greenish brown. The limbs are barred and the belly white in both forms. Tadpoles have an abdominal sucker that enables them to cling to rocks in fast torrents to graze the algae growing on them.