Rhacophorus harrissoni

Rhacophorus harrissoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Rhacophorus
Species: R. harrissoni
Binomial name
Rhacophorus harrissoni
Inger & Haile, 1959

Rhacophorus harrissoni, common name Harrisson’s Flying Frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae.[1]

Distribution

This species can be found in Brunei, Northern Borneo, Indonesia, and Malaysia.[2][3]

Habitat

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist primary or secondary lowland forests, especially, in flat and hilly terrain below 250 m of elevation. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

Description

Rhacophorus harrissoni can reach a length of about 50 millimetres (2.0 in) in males, of about 70 millimetres (2.8 in) in females. These medium-sized frogs have an angular and pointed snout and well developed dark hand webbing. They are basically brown.[4]

Tadpoles can reach a length of about 40 millimetres (1.6 in), They have a well developed and rather pointed tail fin, an ovoid body and a short snout. The basic color is dark brown.[4]

Biology

Rhacophorus harrissoni spends most of its life high up in the forest. Males call for breeding in water-containing holes located in the trunks of trees.[2] Eggs are laid in a foam nest attached to the bark above said tree holes.[4]

These frogs use the skin membranes between their fingers as a kind of parachute to make real flights among the branches of trees of the forest (hence the common name of the species).

Bibliography

  • Das, I. 2007. Amphibians and Reptiles of Brunei: A Pocket Guide. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia: Natural History Publications (Borneo).
  • Frank, N., and E. Ramus. 1995. Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of the World. Pottsville, Pennsylvania: N. G. Publishing Inc.
  • Manthey, U., and W. Grossmann. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier.
  • Stuart, S. N., M. Hoffmann, J. Chanson, N. Cox, R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B. Young eds., . 2008. Threatened Amphibians of the World. Barcelona, Spain; International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Gland. Switzerland; Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.: Lynx Editions.

References

  1. ↑ Catalogue of life
  2. 1 2 3 Inger, R., Iskandar, D., Das, I., Stuebing, R., Lakim, M., Yambun, P. & Mumpuni 2004. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
  3. ↑ Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference
  4. 1 2 3 Frogs of Borneo


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