Rhacophorus lateralis

The small tree frog, winged gliding frog, small gliding frog, or Boulenger's tree frog (Rhacophorus lateralis) is a frog. It lives in India. People have seen it 800 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]

Rhacophorus lateralis
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Conservation status
VU (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Rhacophorus
Species:
R. lateralis
Binomial name
Rhacophorus lateralis
Boulenger, 1883
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhacophorus lateralis Boulenger, 1883
  • Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) lateralis Ahl, 1931

The adult frog is about 31 mm long from nose to rear end. The frog's skin can be green in color or red-purple in color. There are dark spots on the head and dark stripes on the legs. There is a white stripe on each side of the nose all down each side of the body. This frog can change color. If a human being picks it up, the frog turns brown in five seconds.[3]

This frog lives in trees. It lays eggs on plants that hang over water. When the eggs hatch, the tadpoles fall into the water.[3]

Paper

  • Das, I. (2000). "Nomenclatural history and rediscovery of Rhacophorus lateralis Boulenger, 1883 (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae)". Current Herpetology: 35–40.

Rhacophorus Lateralis Media

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Small Tree Frog: Rhacophorus lateralis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T59000A166109633. 59000. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Rohanixalus pardalis Boulenger, 1883". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Prathik Kumar (June 23, 2011). Brent Nguyen (ed.). "Rhacophorus lateralis Boulenger, 1883". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 28, 2023.