Chirixalus pantaiselatan
| Chirixalus pantaiselatan | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Chirixalus |
| Species: | C. pantaiselatan
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| Binomial name | |
| Chirixalus pantaiselatan Munir, Hamidy, Kusrini, Kennedi, Ridha, Qayyim, Rafsanzani, and Nishikawa, 2021
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Chirixalus pantaiselatan is a frog. It lives in Indonesia.[1][2]
Appearance
[change | change source]The adult male frog is 25.3–28.9 mm long from nose to rear end. This frog can change color. At night, the skin of the frog's back is brown in color and the belly is pink-white. During the day, the skin of the frog's back is light yellow or light brown in color. The iris of the eye is purple in color. There are dark stripes on the legs and some silver color near the mouth. There is a dark brown spot on each eyelid. There is a diamond-shaped mark on the back. The ear is dark brown in color.[3]
Home
[change | change source]One of the places this frog lives is a protected park: Leuweung Sancang Nature Reserve.[1] This frog was discovered by citizen scientists. They found the frog sitting on plants about 50 cm over the water of a pond.[3]
Name
[change | change source]Scientists named this frog for the Indonesian words for "coast" and "south": "Pantai" and "selatan." In Indonesian, its name is "katak-pucat pantaiselatan."[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Chiromantis xerampelina Munir, Hamidy, Kusrini, Kennedi, Ridha, Qayyim, Rafsanzani, and Nishikawa, 2021". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
- ↑ "Chirixalus pantaiselatan Munir, Hamidy, Kusrini, Kennedi, Ridha, Qayyim, Rafsanzani, & Nishikawa, 2021". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Munir, M; A Hamidy; MD Kusrini; UF Kennedi; MA Ridha; DI Qayyim; R Rafsanzani; K Nishikawa (2021). "A new species of Chirixalus Boulenger, 1893 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the lowland forests of Java" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (Full text). 69: 219–234. doi:10.26107/RBZ-2021-0018. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
