Malabar gliding frog

The Malabar flying frog, Malabar gliding frog, or flying frog (Rhacophorus malabaricus) is a frog. It lives in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Phillippines.^[2][3][1]

Malabar gliding frog
Conservation status
LC (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Rhacophoridae
Genus:	Rhacophorus
Species:	R. malabaricus
Binomial name
Rhacophorus malabaricus Jerdon, 1870
Synonyms[2]
Rhacophorus malabaricus Jerdon, 1870 Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) malabaricus Ahl, 1931

Scientists sometimes wonder if a frog is R. malabaricus or another species, R. pseudomalabaricus. They say one good way to tell these two frogs apart is to look at where the frog lives: R. pseudomalabaricus lives high than 955 meters above sea level. If the frog is close to sea level, it is probably R. malabaricus, and if it is high up in the hills, it is probably R. pseudomalabaricus.^[4]

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Malabar Flying Frog: Rhacophorus malabaricus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T59001A166109767. 59001. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
2. Frost, Darrel R. "Rohanixalus malabaricus Jerdon, 1870". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
3. "Rhacophorus malabaricus Jerdon, 1870". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
4. Amanda Lukas; Rachel Alsheikh; Jolina Liao (March 26, 2018). Ann T. Chang (ed.). "Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus Vasudevan and Dutta, 2000". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 19, 2023.