Asian Treefrogs: Rhacophoridae - Physical Characteristics, Habitat, Diet, Behavior And Reproduction, Conservation Status, Kinugasa Flying Frog (rhacophorus Arboreus): Species Accounts - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, ASIAN TREEFROGS AND PEOPLE
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Asian treefrogs live in southeastern Asia, the southern half of Africa, and Madagascar. In southeastern Asia, species live in southern India, Sri Lanka, central and southern China, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia. In Africa, they live in a stretch of land across the center of the continent from about the Ivory Coast in the west to Somalia in the east, and then down the eastern side.
People rarely see most of the species in this family, which live in forests and other areas away from human activity. Some of the Asian treefrogs, like the Kinugasa flying frog, often turn up in gardens where people notice them. A few species, including the beautifully colored mantellas, are popular in the pet trade.
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Asian treefrogs come in many sizes and colors, but they have a few common features. Almost all have sticky pads on the tips of their front and rear toes, which help them to move through trees and on leaves, even when they have to climb straight up. Most Asian treefrogs also have heads that are attached to the body with a noticeable neck. In many other frogs, the head blends back into the body with…
Some species in this family live in forests. These include such frogs as Buerger's frog, the forest bright-eyed frog, Eiffinger's Asian treefrog, and the Luzon bubble-nest frog. Others, like the gray treefrog, prefer very dry grasslands. This gray treefrog, which is also known as the foam nest frog, is different from the eastern gray treefrog and Cope's gray treefrog of North …
The Asian treefrogs are perhaps best known for three reasons: Some can glide through the air; some are poisonous; and some build foam nests. Although they are often called flying frogs, they can actually only glide. In other words, they cannot flap their legs to go higher in the air as a bird can with its wings, but they are able to soar from tree to tree. They do this by stretching out the webbin…
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) lists eighteen species that are Extinct, which means that they are no longer in existence; twenty-five species that are Critically Endangered and face an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild; fifty-six species that are Endangered and face a very high risk of extinction in the wild; forty-nine that are Vulnerable and face a high risk of extinction in the…
Physical characteristics: Also known as the forest green treefrog or the Japanese treefrog, the Kinugasa flying frog may be a solid, limegreen color, dark green, or green with many reddish brown, brown, or black speckles. The reddish brown and brown speckles are outlined with black. The frog's back, head, and legs are rough and covered with small bumps, or tubercles. Whether solid or speckl…
Physical characteristics: The painted Indonesian treefrog, also known as Peter's treefrog or the cinnamon treefrog, may be bright orange, red, orange brown, or brown in color and looks as if it has been painted with tiny white dots. This dotted pattern gives the frog another of its common names, the spotted treefrog. Sometimes the dots form a broken line from the snout over the eye and to t…
Physical characteristics: This is a slim frog with slender front and rear legs and extremely thin toes. Its front legs, including the long toes, would be about as long as the frog's body if they were stretched out. The toes on all four feet end in large pads. The front toes have no webbing between them; the back toes are slightly webbed. The frog's back, head, and legs are red, gray,…
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