I also only really do it once or twice a month so sometimes I do go out in public with hairy legs.

come on man i'm on my lunch break can't you wait???

I do not know what would be the "most obscure", but here are some frogs from Borneo that are probably not well known worldwide...

Squat Frog (Glyphoglossus capsus), family Microhylidae, Borneo

Described in 2014.

This frog was originally in the genus Calluella. This genus has now been placed in the genus Glyphoglossus.

photograph via:

Red hot chili pepper. A new Calluella stoliczka, 1872 (Lissamphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Sarawak, East Malaysia (Borneo) - PubMed (nih.gov)

Smooth Guardian Frog (Limnonectes palavanensis) male with tadpoles, family Dicroglossidae, Sarawak, Borneo

Male guards eggs, which are laid on the forest floor, and then transports tadpoles to a water source.

Photograph by Kurt Orion G

Bornean Chorus Frog – Life in the Pitcher

The dark, wet rainforests of Borneo provide the perfect habitat for amphibians. The problem for an amphibian fanatic and photographer like me is finding them in these huge, dense jungles. The search becomes even more difficult when the frog that you are looking for is one of the smallest frogs on the planet – The Bornean Chorus Frog (Microhyla nepenthicola), or Bornean Narrow-mouthed Frog. While this species of chorus frog is attractive, if you like that sort of thing, you might wonder why I had a particular interest in seeing it. What is special about a little brown frog? Well, this little brown frog has a secret lifestyle. If you are going to be tiny, soft and potentially a tasty meal for just about everything in the jungle then you had better have some tricks to keep your species alive. Nepenthicola’s trick is its breeding habit. Rather than risking the hazards of the big pond, nepenthicola has learned to utilize the tiny pools that form in a pitcher plant with which it shares its name – Flask-shaped Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes ampullaria)...

Read more: https://incidentalnaturalist.com/2024/11/25/bornean-chorus-frog-life-in-the-pitcher

Brook’s Squat Frog aka Brook’s Burrowing Frog(Glyphoglossus brooksi), family Microhylidae, Sarawak, Borneo

This species had not been seen for 14 years, when this individual was observed in the forest after a heavy rain. (2025)

Max length of up to 7 cm.

photographs by Forrest Galante

Bornean Rainbow Toad aka Sambas Stream Toad (Ansonia latidisca), family Bufonidae, Sarawak, Borneo

ENDANGERED.

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931, Finnish) ~ Spring Night, 1914