Kurixalus wangi

Kurixalus wangi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Kurixalus
Species:
K. wangi
Binomial name
Kurixalus wangi
Wu, Huang, Tsai, Li, Jhang, and Wu, 2016

Kurixalus wangi is a frog. It lives in Taiwan, in Pingtung County. People have seen it as high as 500 meters above sea level.

Scientists only know a little information about this frog. Scientists have seen this frog on woody plants smaller than trees in forests that were cut down and are growing back. This frog lays eggs in holes in trees. The tadpoles swim in water in these holes. The tadpoles eat eggs that the female frog leaves in the water for them to eat.

Scientists used to think this was the same frog as Kurixalus eiffingeri, but they changed their minds after looking closely at the frogs' DNA.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Phillippine Flying Frog: Kurixalus wangi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T186873063A186873332. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T186873063A186873332.en. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Kurixalus appendiculatus Wu, Huang, Tsai, Li, Jhang, and Wu, 2016". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Kurixalus wangi Wu, Huang, Tsai, Li, Jhang, and Wu, 2016". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Wu S-P; Huang C-C; Tsai C-L; Lin T-E; Kjamg J-J; Wu S-H (2016). "Systematic revision of the Taiwanese genus Kurixalus members with a description of two new endemic species (Anura, Rhacophoridae)". ZooKeys (Abstract) (557): 121–153. doi:10.3897/zookeys.557.6131. PMC 4740841. PMID 26877703.