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Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus, also known as Anaimalai flying frog, false Malabar gliding frog, [2] and false Malabar tree frog, [3] is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to the Anaimalai Hills , a part of the southern the Western Ghats in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala states, India .
Critically endangered (CR) species face an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of December 2021, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 673 critically endangered amphibian species, including 146 which are tagged as possibly extinct.
[3] [4] It is also known as the vampire tree frog [3] or the vampire flying frog [5] [6] [7] because of the presence of a pair of fang-like hooks in the mouth of the tadpoles. [7] It is found in montane evergreen forests at 1470–2004 m. [3] The frog is adapted to arboreal living with webbings of feet that allow it to glide between trees.
Image credits: girlfr0g They have adapted to surviving in extreme weather conditions. Like all amphibians, frogs are cold-blooded, meaning their body temperatures change with the temperature of ...
Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus), also known as the gliding frog or the Abah River flying frog, is a moss frog found at least from the Malay Peninsula into western Indonesia, and is present in Borneo and Sumatra. It is named for the biologist, Alfred R. Wallace, who collected the first known specimen. [2]
Zhangixalus smaragdinus (common names: Nepal flying frog, Günther's tree frog, giant treefrog, and others) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae found in southwestern China (Yunnan, Tibet), north-eastern India, Nepal, western Thailand, and northern Vietnam, and possibly in Bangladesh.
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They are commonly known as shrub frogs, or more ambiguously as "moss frogs" or "bush frogs". Some Rhacophoridae are called "tree frogs". Among the most spectacular members of this family are numerous "flying frogs". Although a few groups are primarily terrestrial, rhacophorids are predominantly arboreal treefrogs. Mating frogs, while in ...