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Theloderma corticale (common names: mossy frog, [3] Vietnamese mossy frog, [4] Tonkin bug-eyed frog, moss bug-eyed frog, [2] and [for the formerly recognized Theloderma kwangsiense] Kwangsi warty treefrog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae.The theloderma corticale is often difficult to identify visually as there are cryptic species that look very similar to it.
Theloderma, the bug-eyed frogs, mossy frogs or warty frogs, [1] is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, subfamily Rhacophorinae. [2] They are found from northeastern India and southern China, through Southeast Asia, to the Greater Sunda Islands ; the highest species richness is in Indochina . [ 3 ]
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 ...
Zhangixalus schlegelii (common names: Japanese gliding frog, Schlegel's green tree frog, Schlegel's flying frog, Schlegel's tree frog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is endemic to Japan and found in Honshu , Shikoku , Kyushu [ 1 ] [ 3 ] as well as the Ryukyu Islands . [ 2 ]
The frog's skin is green on top, but the skin on the glass frog's stomach is just as translucent as its name suggests. You can even see its organs through the skin, especially its heart, liver ...
Theloderma palliatum (common name: cloaked moss frog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Vietnam and so far only known from the Bidoup Núi Bà and Chư Yang Sin National Parks. [2] This species, together with Theloderma nebulosum, was first found by Australian and Vietnamese scientists in Tay Nguyen in 2011. [3] [4]
Some frogs found in South and Central America have the rare ability to turn on and off their nearly transparent appearance, researchers report Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, in the journal Science ...
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 ...