Romerus calcarius
The limestone small tree frog (Romerus calcarius) is a frog. It lives in Vietnam in Hai Phong Province.[1][2][3] This frog lives in tropical forest that has not been cut down.[4]
| Romerus calcarius | |
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| Conservation status | |
Endangered (IUCN3.1Q)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Romerus |
| Species: | R. calcarius
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| Binomial name | |
| Romerus calcarius (Liu and Hu, 1973)
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The skin of the frog's back is red-brown in color with an X-shaped mark on the shoulder. This frog has disks on its toes for climbing. The pupil of the eye goes side to side and opens up and down.[4]
Scientists named this frog calcarius for the Latin language word for "limestone." The frog lives where there is limestone karst rock.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Liuixalus calcarius Milto, Poyarkov, Orlov, and Nguyen, 2013". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ↑ "Liuixalus calcarius Milto, Poyarkov, Orlov, and Nguyen, 2013". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Limestone Small Tree Frog: Liuixalus calcarius". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T73727511A73727522. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T73727511A73727522.en. 73727511. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Milto KD; Poyarkov Jr NA; Orlov NL; Hguyen TT (2013). "Two new rhacophorid frogs from Cat Ba Island, Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam". Russian J Herpetol (Full text). 20 (4): 287–300. Retrieved June 8, 2023.