Theloderma palliatum
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Theloderma |
| Species: | T. palliatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Theloderma palliatum Rowley, Le, Hoang, Dau, and Cao, 2011
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The cloaked moss frog or cloaked bug-eyed frog (Theloderma palliatum) is a frog. It lives in Vietnam.[2][3][1][4]
Body
[change | change source]The adult male frog is about 26 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog about 29 mm long. The skin of the frog's back is brown like copper in color with other brown markings. There are small white marks on the back feet. The iris of the eye is gold in color on top and reddish-brown in color lower down. The color of the iris is the same as the color of the skin next to it.[4]
Name
[change | change source]Scientists named this frog palliatus because that is the Latin word for "cloaked" or "in disguise." They did this because the frog can change the skin of its back to hide itself.[4]
Home
[change | change source]This frog lives in trees on mountains with evergreen trees in them. People have seen this frog 1625 meters above sea level in Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park. Scientists think it might live in other places nearby.[1]
Young
[change | change source]This frog lays eggs inside holes in dead trees that have water in them.[1]
Danger
[change | change source]Scientists say this frog is in danger of dying out because it lives in a small place and because people change that place to grow fish, make farms, get things from the forest, and make other things people need and use.[1]
Scientists think people might also catch this frog to sell as a pet because that happens to other frogs in Theloderma, but this frog is very hard for people to see, so frog catchers might not be able to find many.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Cloaked Moss Frog: Theloderma palliatum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T48100463A48100482. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48100463A48100482.en. 48100463. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Theloderma palliatum Rowley, Le, Hoang, Dau, and Cao, 2011". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ↑ "Theloderma palliatum Rowley, Le, Hoang, Dau, and Cao, 2011". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Rowley JJL; Le DTTL; Hoang HD; Dau VQ; Cao TT (2011). "Two new species of Theloderma (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam" (PDF). Zootaxa (Full text). 3098: 1–20. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
