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Wallace's Flying Frog

Amphibians

Wallace's flying frog is a tree frog of Southeast Asian rainforests, family Rhacophoridae, named for the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, who described its ability to glide between trees. Extensive webbing between its long fingers and toes spreads into a parachute like surface when the frog leaps, and flaps of skin along its limbs add further lift, letting it cover several meters through the air on a single glide.

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Freshwater 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Rhacophorus nigropalmatus 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Wallace's flying frog
  • system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus), also known as the gliding frog or the Abah River flying frog, is a moss frog found at least from the Malay Peninsula into western Indonesia and southern Thailand, and is present in Borneo and Sumatra.
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = LC
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2. Wallace's Flying Frog (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q1190196 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
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