Leptomantis rufipes

The Malaysian flying frog or red-legged tree frog (Leptomantis rufipes) is a frog. It lives in Indonesia and Malaysia.[2][3] People have seen it 950 meters above sea level.[1]

Leptomantis rufipes
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Leptomantis
Species:
L. rufipes
Binomial name
Leptomantis rufipes
(Inger, 1966)
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhacophorus rufipes Inger, 1966
  • Leptomantis rufipes Jiang, Jiang, Ren, Wu, and Li, 2019

This frog lives in forests that human beings have not changed. This frog lays eggs in foam nests on plants over water.[1]

Scientists believe this frog is not in danger of dying out because it lives in such a large place, but human beings continue to cut down the forests where it lives.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Template:Cite IUCN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Leptomantis rufipes (Inger, 1966)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  3. "Leptomantis rufipes (Inger, 1966)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 7, 2024.