Rhacophorus catamitus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Rhacophoridae |
Genus: | Rhacophorus |
Species: | R. catamitus |
Binomial name | |
Rhacophorus catamitus Harvey, Pemberton, and Smith, 2002 | |
Rhacophorus catamitus is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia, and occurs in the Barisan Mountains at elevations of 1,068–1,680 m (3,504–5,512 ft) above sea level. [2] Its natural habitats are tropical forests. Males call from low vegetation near streams. It is probably impacted by habitat loss. [1]
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura. The oldest fossil "proto-frog" appeared in the early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their origins may extend further back to the Permian, 265 million years ago. Frogs are widely distributed, ranging from the tropics to subarctic regions, but the greatest concentration of species diversity is in tropical rainforests. There are over 7,000 recorded species, accounting for over 85% of extant amphibian species. They are also one of the five most diverse vertebrate orders. Warty frog species tend to be called toads, but the distinction between frogs and toads is informal, not from taxonomy or evolutionary history.
The Rhacophoridae are a family of frogs which occur in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, South India and Sri Lanka, Japan; northeastern India to eastern China south through the Philippines and Greater Sundas, and Sulawesi. They are commonly known as shrub frogs, or more ambiguously as "moss frogs" or "bush frogs". Some Rhacophoridae are called "tree frogs". Among the most spectacular members of this family are numerous "flying frogs".
Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. The extreme opposite of endemism is cosmopolitan distribution. An alternative term for a species that is endemic is precinctive, which applies to species that are restricted to a defined geographical area.
Rhacophorus chenfui is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to China where it is found in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, and Fujian provinces. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical moist lowland forests, subtropical moist montane forests, subtropical moist shrubland, freshwater marshes, rural gardens, ponds, and irrigated land. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
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Rhacophorus burmanus is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in Yunnan in southern China, Nagaland in northeastern India, and northern Myanmar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, rural gardens, ponds, and aquaculture ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Rhacophorus achantharrhena is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Rhacophorus baluensis is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae found in northern Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo. It is likely to be found in northern Kalimantan. Its natural habitats are submontane and montane forests. Male frogs gather at small ponds. It is potentially threatened by habitat loss caused by logging.
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Rhacophorus bifasciatus is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Rhacophorus calcaneus is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Vietnam. It has been extensively confused with Rhacophorus robertingeri, making it difficult to know its true range. Its natural habitats are evergreen forests at elevations of 1,300–2,000 m (4,300–6,600 ft) above sea level. It is threatened by collection for the international pet trade and by habitat loss and degradation caused by rapidly expanding agriculture, including cash crops such as rubber, coffee and tea.
The jade tree frog, Rhacophorus dulitensis, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
Rhacophorus edentulus is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
Rhacophorus georgii is a species of flying frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its type locality cannot be located, but it has recently been collected from Buton, off southeastern Sulawesi.
Rhacophorus kajau is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Rhacophorus modestus is a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family endemic to Sumatra, Indonesia. Its common name is Boulenger's flying frog. It is only known from the type series collected from a montane forest on the Mount Kerinci, within the Kerinci Seblat National Park. Habitat loss is occurring on the lower slopes of the mountain.
Rhacophorus monticola is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Rhacophorus orlovi is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.
The harlequin tree frog, Rhacophorus pardalis, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Rhacophorus poecilonotus is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Rhacophorus viridis is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Ryukyu Islands, Japan. It is known from Amamioshima, Kakeromajima, Ukejima, Yoronjima and Tokunoshima islands of the Amami Group, and Okinawajima, Iheyajima and Kumejima islands of the Okinawa Group.
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