Amphibians reach their greatest diversity in the tropics, particularly in the moist and hot environment of tropical rainforest and freshwater swamp forest.  Southeast Asia is one of the world's biodiversity hotspots for amphibians, where a remarkable evolutionary explosion has resulted in incredible diversity of form, colour and lifestyle: over 700 species occur in the region.  Frogs are to be found in the shallowest puddles, hiding under leaf litter, making their foam nests in streamside vegetation or calling incessantly from treeholes.

Frogs reach their greatest evolutionary expression in the diverse family of Asian Tree Frogs (Rhacophoridae), which includes the spectacular 'Flying Frogs', many of which have evolved extensive webbing between their toes which allows them to glide from tree to tree. Equally remarkable are the tiny Narrow-mouthed Frogs or Chorus Frogs (Microhylidae) : these are often heard but rarely seen, as they measure just 2 cm long. Their jumping ability is quite remarkable as they can easily leap more than a metre or so i.e. more than 50 times body length !

Over 50 of Southeast Asia's frogs are presented here ... and another 50 from Papua New Guinea are listed on a separate page.
 

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Yellow-striped Caecilian

Asiatic Toad		Sulawesi Toad		Lesser Toad		Four-ridged Toad		River Toad

Spotted Litter Frog		Mountain Litter Frog		Black-eyed Litter Frog		Leptolalax Litter Frog		Malayan Horned Frog
Long-legged Horned Frog

Crab-eating Frog		Field Frog		Blyth's Giant Frog		Kuhl's Creek Frog		Corrugated Frog
Malesian Frog		Masked Swamp Frog		Rhinoceros Frog		Yellow-bellied Puddle Frog

Larut Torrent Frog		Three-striped Frog		Copper-cheeked Frog		Common Greenback		Rough-sided Frog
Cricket Frog		Dark-sided Frog		Spotted Stream Frog		Poisonous Rock Frog		Golden-eared Rough-sided Frog
Masked Rough-sided Frog		Black-spotted Rock Frog

Spotted Tree Frog		Four-lined Tree Frog		Dark-eared Tree Frog		File-eared Tree Frog		Frilled Tree Frog
Twin-spotted Flying Frog		Blue-spotted Bush Frog		Jade Tree Frog		Wallace's Flying Frog		Harlequin Flying Frog

Black-spotted Sticky Frog		Banded Bullfrog		Malayan Treehole Frog		Bornean Treehole Frog		Painted Chorus Frog
Dark-sided Chorus Frog		Manthey's Chorus Frog		Pothole Chorus Frog

American Bullfrog