Leptomantis harrissoni

This species can be found in Brunei, Northern Borneo, Indonesia, and Malaysia.[2]

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist primary or secondary lowland forests, especially, in flat and hilly terrain below 250 m of elevation. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

Leptomantis harrissoni can reach a length of about 50 millimetres (2.0 in) in males, of about 70 millimetres (2.8 in) in females. These medium-sized frogs have an angular and pointed snout and well developed dark hand webbing. They are basically brown.[3]

Tadpoles can reach a length of about 40 millimetres (1.6 in), They have a well developed and rather pointed tail fin, an ovoid body and a short snout. The basic color is dark brown.[3]

Leptomantis harrissoni spends most of its life high up in the forest. Males call for breeding in water-containing holes located in the trunks of trees.[2] Eggs are laid in a foam nest attached to the bark above said tree holes.[3]

These frogs use the skin membranes between their fingers as a kind of parachute to make real flights among the branches of trees of the forest (hence the common name of the species).

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