Common tree frog

For other uses, see Common tree frog (disambiguation).
"Golden tree frog" redirects here. For the frog endemic to Trinidad, see El Tucuche golden tree frog.

Common tree frog
Common tree frog (female)
Adult at Darmaga (Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Polypedates
Species:
P. leucomystax
Binomial name
Polypedates leucomystax
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Hyla leucomystax Gravenhorst, 1829
  • Polypedates rugosus Duméril & Bibron, 1841
  • Polypedates teraiensis (Dubois, 1987 "1986")

Polypedates leucomystax is a species in the shrub frog family Rhacophoridae. It is known under numerous common names, including common tree frog, four-lined tree frog, golden tree frog[2] or striped tree frog. Many past authors have united it with the common Indian tree frog in P. maculatus (or Rhacophorus maculatus, as was common in older times), but today they are generally considered distinct species. In its native range, it is also called "white-lipped tree frog", but this name is otherwise applied to a species of true tree frogs (family Hylidae).

Polypedates leucomystax is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.[1] It is in fact a species complex containing various cryptic species within it.

  1. ^ a b Diesmos, A., et al. (2004). Polypedates leucomystax. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 01 December 2013.
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