Chirixalus pantaiselatan
Chirixalus pantaiselatan is a frog. It lives in Indonesia.[1][2]
| 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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Appearance change
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
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
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
- ↑ 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.
