Posted by:
nesaraj
at Sat Jun 19 10:37:47 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by nesaraj ]
Thanks for the nice picture of your frog. As for the species, I suspect that it is Polypedates Leucomastyx or Asian Foam-Nesting frog. While it is closely related to the true Gliding Frogs (both species are from the genus Rhacaphoridae), it does not actually glide itself (as you can probably tell since it lacks the large webbing between its toes like the actual Gliding Frogs). It is indigeneous to most of South-East Asia. I keep a specimen here in the U.S., but I grew-up in Malaysia watching them in the wild. For more information on the species, try the following link:
http://frogweb.org/species_images/index_rhacophoridae2.html
As it is a tropical species, it requires constant higher humidity and warm temperature in its enclosure. It also often looks "dry", as its skin is not designed to have that wet-look common to White's Tree Frog. As a result, it sometimes looks dry. Cheers.
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