Liuixalus calcarius
The limestone small tree frog (Liuixalus calcarius) is a frog. It lives in Vietnam in Hai Phong Province.[1][2][3] This frog lives in tropical forest that has not been cut down.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Liuixalus |
| Species: | L. calcarius
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| Binomial name | |
| Liuixalus calcarius (Liu and Hu, 1973)
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Body
changeThe skin of the frog's back is red-brown in color with an X-shaped mark on the shoulder. This frog has disks on its toes for climbing. The pupil of the eye goes side to side and opens up and down.[4]
Name
changeScientists named this frog calcarius for the Latin language word for "limestone." The frog lives where there is limestone karst rock.[4]
Home
changePeople have seen this frog between 15 and 45 meters above sea level on Cat Ba Island. Scientists think it probably lives in many more places too. The frog lives near pools of water in the karst rock and in small lakes that dry up for part of the year.[3]
Cat Ba Island is in Cat Ba National Park.[3]
Young
changeScientists think this frog hatches out of its egg as a tadpole because that is what other frogs in this genus do. Scientists have heard male frogs calling in April.[3]
Danger
changeScientists say this frog is in danger of dying out. They think it needs forests to live, and human beings cut down forests to make farms and get wood to build with.[3]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Liuixalus calcarius Milto, Poyarkov, Orlov, and Nguyen, 2013". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ↑ "Liuixalus calcarius Milto, Poyarkov, Orlov, and Nguyen, 2013". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Limestone Small Tree Frog: Liuixalus calcarius". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T73727511A73727522. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T73727511A73727522.en. 73727511. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Milto KD; Poyarkov Jr NA; Orlov NL; Hguyen TT (2013). "Two new rhacophorid frogs from Cat Ba Island, Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam". Russian J Herpetol (Full text). 20 (4): 287–300. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
