- Common Tree Frog
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This article is about tropical Polypedates leucomystax. For European Hyla arborea, see European tree frog.Polypedates teraiensis (Dubois, 1987 "1986")
Common Tree Frog Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Rhacophoridae Genus: Polypedates Species: P. leucomystax Binomial name Polypedates leucomystax
(Gravenhorst, 1829)Synonyms Polypedates rugosus Duméril & Bibron, 1841 The Common Tree Frog, Four-lined Tree Frog, or White-lipped Tree Frog (Polypedates leucomystax) is a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, North America, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly Bhutan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, freshwater springs, rocky shores, coastal freshwater lagoons, arable land, pastureland, plantations , rural gardens, urban areas, water storage areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and introduced vegetation.
References
- Diesmos, A. et al.. 2004. Polypedates leucomystax. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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