Polypedates bengalensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Rhacophoridae |
Genus: | Polypedates |
Species: | P. bengalensis |
Binomial name | |
Polypedates bengalensis Purkayastha, Das, Mondal, Mitra, Chaudhuri & Das, 2019 | |
Polypedates bengalensis, the brown blotched Bengal tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to West Bengal, India. [2] It has been observed between 7 and 13 meters above sea level. [1]
The specific name, bengalensis, is a reference to the type locality of the species located in the state of West Bengal, India. [3]
The species, native to eastern India, was first described from Khordanahala, South 24 Parganas and Badu, North 24 Parganas in West Bengal. [4] [5] A while after the species was recorded, it was also reported in Odisha, India. [6] [7]
The frog is mid-sized; males are 4.8–5.4 cm in length, and females about 7.2 cm. It is yellowish-brown to greenish-brown in colour. Its body is marked by a series of six to nine dark brown blotches. Its digits lack webbing. There is no dermal fold on forearm. The males possess paired vocal sacs. [8] [9] [10]
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Polypedates cruciger is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Sri Lanka. It has been osbserved as high as 1600 meters above sea level.
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Polypedates teraiensis, also known as perching frog, six-lined tree frog, or Terai tree frog is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in eastern Nepal; eastern, peninsular, and north-eastern India and Bangladesh, into adjacent Myanmar, and possibly into adjacent China. People have seen it between 40 and 1800 meters above sea level.
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Polypedates otilophus is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Borneo where it is widespread and found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia, typically in the lowlands but sometimes as high as 1,100 m (3,600 ft) above sea level. This species has prominent, sharp ridges behind the eye, above the ear, referred to in its names.
Polypedates pseudocruciger is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to the southern Western Ghats, India. It is a common and widespread frog. It is an arboreal edge habitat species generally associated with the understorey of tropical, moist evergreen forest. It breeds in small temporary ponds. Eggs are laid on a leaf over the pond.
Polypedates taeniatus is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in the Bengal region of Bangladesh and India as well as in Assam and southern Nepal. It is also known as the Bengal whipping frog, Bengal whipping tree frog, and Terai tree frog.
Ghatixalus variabilis is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India. It has a number of common names, including green tree frog, though it is terrestrial rather than arboreal in its life style.
The western tree frog, Charpa tree frog, or Nagercoil whipping frog is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to India. It has been observed between 100 and 1100 meters above sea level in the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve and Charpa Forest Range, both of which are in Kerala.
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