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The Rhacophoridae are a family of frogs in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, South India and Sri Lanka, Japan, northeastern India to eastern China and Taiwan, south through the Philippines and Greater Sundas, and Sulawesi. They are commonly known as shrub frogs, or more ambiguously as "moss frogs" or "bush frogs". Some Rhacophoridae are called "tree ...
Rhacophorus is a genus of frogs in the shrub-frog family Rhacophoridae, which, with the related Hylidae, is one of the two genera of true tree frogs. They are found in China, India, Japan, and throughout Southeast Asia, including the island of Borneo. Over 40 species are currently recognised. [1]
It is known under numerous common names, including common tree frog, four-lined tree frog, golden tree frog [2] or striped tree frog. Many past authors have united it with the common Indian tree frog in P. maculatus (or Rhacophorus maculatus , as was common in older times), but today they are generally considered distinct species.
Tree frogs are members of these families or genera: Hylidae, or "true" treefrogs, occur in the temperate to tropical parts of Eurasia north of the Himalayas, Australia and the Americas. Rhacophoridae, or shrub frogs, are the treefrogs of tropical regions around the Indian Ocean: Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia east to Lydekker's line.
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]
The grey foam-nest tree frog typically has a snout length of 50–80 mm. Males have a snout-vent length of 43–75 mm, while females have a 60–90 mm snout-vent length. [2] They have relatively impermeable skin, which allows them to survive dry spells under tree detritus.
It has several common names: small tree frog, Boulenger's tree frog, small gliding frog, and winged gliding frog. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] After its original description in 1883 by George Albert Boulenger , the frog was rediscovered in Coorg in 2000 and has since been found in many parts of the Western Ghats around southern Karnataka and northern Kerala .
Taruga eques is a species of tree frog in the Rhacophoridae family, commonly known as shrub or flying frogs. The species was first described in 1858 by Albert Günther, who named the species Polypedates eques. In 1882, George Albert Boulenger described the species as Rhacophorus eques.