Black-spotted Sticky Frog

Taxobox
name = Black-spotted Sticky Frog


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Microhylidae
subfamilia = Microhylinae
genus = "Kalophrynus"
species = "K. pleurostigma"
binomial = "Kalophrynus pleurostigma"
binomial_authority =
synonyms = "Kalophrynus stellatus"

The Black-spotted Sticky Frog ("Kalophrynus pleurostigma") is a small frog with a black spot just in front of each of its hind legs. It releases a sticky substance when threatened, thereby making it an unpleasant meal for predators, allowing it to escape from harm.

This species develops in the pitchers of some carnivorous "Nepenthes", [Lim, K.K.P. & P.K.L. Ng 1991. PDFlink| [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/39/39rbz209-214.pdf Nepenthiphilous larvae and breeding habits of the sticky frog, "Kalophrynus pleurostigma" Tschudi (Amphibia: Microhylidae).] "The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology" 39(1): 209–214.] a habitat that is fast diminishing locally. On a global scale, it is not yet considered threatened by the IUCN.

References

* Diesmos, A., Alcala, A., Brown, R., Afuang, L., Gee, G., Sukumaran, J., Yaakob, N., Tzi Ming, L., Chuaynkern, Y., Thirakhupt, K., Das, I., Iskandar, D., Mumpuni, Inger, R., Stuebing, R., Yambun, P. & Lakim, M. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/57844/all Kalophrynus pleurostigma] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 January 2008.