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Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) A flying frog (also called a gliding frog) is a frog that has the ability to achieve gliding flight. This means it can descend at an angle less than 45° relative to the horizontal. Other nonflying arboreal frogs can also descend, but only at angles greater than 45°, which is referred to as ...
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]
Rhacophorus margaritifer, also known as the Java flying frog or Javan tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Java, Indonesia. [1] [2] It is known from several areas in Java. It is locally known as katak-parasut jawa. [1]
Rhacophorus edentulus (Celebes flying frog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. [2] Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. [1]
This behavioral adaptation is the source of their common name, "flying frogs". The present genus is closely related to Polypedates , which (formerly) was included in Rhacophorus . Even today, it is not fully agreed upon which of these genera "P." feae and the Chinese flying frog ( "R." dennysi ) properly belong to; furthermore, a supposedly new ...
Rhacophorus georgii (common name: Tuwa flying frog) is a species of flying frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. [2] Its type locality ("Tuwa, Paluthal, West-Central Celebes" [2]) cannot be located, but it has recently been collected from Buton, off southeastern Sulawesi.
Rhacophorus reinwardtii is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is variously known under the common names of black-webbed treefrog, green flying frog, Reinwardt's flying frog, or Reinwardt's treefrog. Before 2006, Rhacophorus reinwardtii and Rhacophorus kio were considered to be the same species. [2]
Polypedates otilophus (also known as the file-eared tree frog, [2] [3] Borneo eared frog, or bony-headed flying frog [4]) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae.It is endemic to Borneo where it is widespread and found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia, [2] typically in the lowlands but sometimes as high as 1,100 m (3,600 ft) above sea level. [3]