Rohanixalus baladika

species of amphibian endemic to Indonesia

The Sumatran bubble-nest frog (Rohanixalus baladika) is a frog. It lives in Indonesia.[2][1]

Rohanixalus baladika
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Rohanixalus
Species:
R. baladika
Binomial name
Rohanixalus baladika
(Riyanto and Kurniati, 2014)
Synonyms[2]
  • Chiromantis baladika (Riyanto and Kurniati, 2014)
  • Chirixalus baladika Chen, Prendini, Wu, Zhang, Suwannapoom, Chen, Jin, Lemmon, Lemmon, Stuart, Raxworthy, Murphy, Yuan, and Che, 2020
  • Rohanixalus baladika Biju, Garg, Gokulakrishnan, Sivaperuman, Thammachoti, Ren, Gopika, Bisht, Hamidy, and Shouche, 2020
  • Feihyla baladika Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021

This frog lives in forests that are not too high up in the hills. People have seen this frog between 200 and 300 meters above sea level. Scientists say this frog is good at living in places that human beings have changed. They found the frog on a palm oil farm.[1]

One of the places this frog lives is a protected park: Rimbo Panti Nature Reserve.[1]

The female frog lays eggs on leaves. Scientists think the eggs hatch into tadpoles.[1]

Danger

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Scientists say this frog is almost in danger of dying out. Human beings change the places where the frog lives to make farms, for example for palm oil. Bad chemicals in the water from chemicals meant to make farm plants grow can also hurt this frog.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Rohanixalus baladika". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T89187134A95509827. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T89187134A95509827.en. 89187134. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Rohanixalus baladika (Riyanto and Kurniati, 2014)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved June 22, 2023.