Leptolalax hamidi

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite iucn | author = Inger, Robert | author2 = Iskandar, Djoko | author3 = Das, Indraneil | author4 = Stuebing, Robert | author5 = Lakim, Maklarin | author6 = Yambun, Paul | title = Leptolalax hamidi | volume = 2004 | page = e.T57566A11658814 | date = 2004 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57566A11658814.en }}

| taxon = Leptolalax hamidi

| authority = {{interlanguage link|Masafumi Matsui|fr|lt=Matsui}}, 1997{{cite journal | last1 = Matsui | first1 = M. | year = 1997 | title = Call characteristics of Malaysian Leptolalax with a description of two new species (Anura: Pelobatidae) | journal = Copeia | volume = 1997 | issue = 1 | pages = 158–165 | jstor = 1447851 | doi=10.2307/1447851}}

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Leptolalax hamidi is a frog species in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to Borneo, where it can be found both in western Sarawak, Malaysia, and Kalimantan, Indonesia.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&taxon=Leptolalax+hamidi |title=Leptolalax hamidi Matsui, 1997 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2013 |work=Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=2 November 2013}} Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland hilly forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss (logging).

Description

Among Leptolalax, Leptolalax hamidi is among the larger species: male measure {{convert|28|-|31|mm|abbr=on}} in snout-vent length and females {{convert|36|-|43|mm|abbr=on}} in SVL. It has a slender head and body. Its back, including on top of snout, is clearly marked with discrete blotches; chest and abdomen are without large dark markings.

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