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]
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VU (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Rhacophorus |
| Species: | R. lateralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhacophorus lateralis Boulenger, 1883
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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.. Nomenclatural history and rediscovery of Rhacophorus lateralis Boulenger, 1883 (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae).. Current Herpetology (2000). p. 35-40.
Rhacophorus Lateralis Media
Nest of Rhacophorus lateralis in a leaf—along with R. malabaricus, this is one of the few amphibians from India that lays its eggs in multiple leaves above the ground.
Individuals can change colour between brown and green
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. Small Tree Frog: Rhacophorus lateralis'. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2022). p. e.T59000A166109633. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R.. 'Rohanixalus pardalis Boulenger, 1883. Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference.American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Prathik Kumar. 'Rhacophorus lateralis Boulenger, 1883. AmphibiaWeb (June 23, 2011)University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 28, 2023.