Feihyla inexpectata

species of amphibian

The Bornean opposite-fingered frog or Bornean jelly-nest frog (Feihyla inexpectata) is a frog. It lives in Malaysia in Borneo.[2][3][1]

Feihyla inexpectata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Feihyla
Species:
F. vittiger
Binomial name
Feihyla vittiger
(Boulenger, 1897)
Synonyms[2]
  • Chiromantis inexpectatus Matsui, Shimada, and Sudin, 2014
  • Feihyla vittiger Chan, Grismer, and Brown, 2018

People have seen this on mountains in forests that have never been cut down. This was 1050 meters above sea level. People have also seen it on farms for pine trees and tea.[1]

Scientists believe this frog is not in danger of dying out. One of the places this frog lives is a protected place: Maliau Basin Conservation Area.[1]

First paper change

  • Matsui M; Shimada T; Sudin A (2014). "First record of the tree-frog genus Chiromantis from Borneo with the description of a new species (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae)". Zool Sci. 31: 45–51.

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Bornean Opposite-fingered Tree Frog: Chiromantis inexpectatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T78903312A95512806. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T78903312A95512806.en. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Feihyla inexpectata (Matsui, Shimada, and Sudin, 2014)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  3. "Chiromantis inexpectatus (Matsui, Shimada, & Sudin, 2014)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved April 25, 2024.