Ansonia longidigita
Silhouette: Michael Scroggie, from original photograph by Gary M. Stolz, USFWS (original photograph in public domain). · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Ansonia longidigita (common names: long-fingered slender toad, long-fingered stream toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to northern and western Borneo in Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia) and in Brunei.
The specific name longidigita means "long-fingered" and refers to the long and slender fingers of the species. Males measure 40–50 mm (1.6–2.0 in) whereas females can grow to 70 mm (2.8 in) in snout–vent length. It has a slender habitus. The tympanum is distinct. Dorsal skin has numerous small, round warts.
Tadpoles are very small, commonly less than 15 mm (0.59 in) in length. They have dark blotches on cream background colour. Ansonia longidigita is a common toad inhabiting mid-elevation hills. Adults live on the forest floor or low in the vegetation. They breed in small, clear brooks and streams with rocky bottoms. Males call from the stream boulders or from vegetation by the stream.
The species is threatened by habitat loss caused by logging, and the siltation of streams that logging leads to. Sound recordings of Ansonia longidigita at BioAcoustica Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Long-fingered Stream Toad sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 16th most-seen of the 40 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Long-fingered Stream Toad in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May and September–January, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Long-fingered Stream Toad sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kinabalu Park, in our data
Kinabalu Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Long-fingered Stream Toad sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Ansonia
The closest relatives of the Long-fingered Stream Toad that you can see in Kinabalu Park (genus Ansonia, Stream Toads) are Kinabalu Slender Toad (about 40%), Spiny Slender Toad (about 30%) and North Borneo Stream Toad (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Long-fingered Stream Toad is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Kinabalu Park (40 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
