Kurixalus verrucosus

species of amphibian

Boulenger's bush frog, Boulenger's tree frog, warty frilled tree frog, small frill-limbed tree frog, or small rough-armed tree frog (Kurixalus verrucosus) is a frog. It lives in the Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Vietnam.[2][3] People have seen it between 200 and 2000 meters above sea level.[1]

Kurixalus verrucosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Kurixalus
Species:
K. verrucosus
Binomial name
Kurixalus verrucosus
(Boulenger, 1893)
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhacophorus verrucosus Boulenger, 1893
  • Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) verrucosus Ahl, 1931
  • Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) appendiculatus verrucosus Wolf, 1936
  • Aquixalus (Aquixalus) verrucosus Delorme, Dubois, Grosjean, and Ohler, 2005
  • Kurixalus verrucosus Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006
  • Kurixalus (Aquixalus) verrucosus Poyarkov, Nguyen, Popov, Geissler, Pawangkhanant, Neang, Suwannapoom, and Orlov, 2021

People have seen this frog on small, woody plants. Scientists are not sure whether this frog needs forests to live.[1]

Scientists believe this frog is not in danger of dying out because it lives in such a large place. However, loss of the forests where it lives for farms may hurt this frog.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Boulenger's Bushfrog: Kurixalus verrucosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T59029A64128712. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T59029A64128712.en. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Kurixalus verrucosus (Boulenger, 1893)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  3. "Kurixalus verrucosus (Boulenger, 1893)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 14, 2024.