Polypedates teraiensis

Polypedates teraiensis, also known as perching frog, six-lined tree frog, or Terai tree frog is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in eastern Nepal; eastern, peninsular, and north-eastern India (West Bengal, Meghalaya, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Sikkim, also reported for Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh) and Bangladesh, into adjacent Myanmar, and possibly into adjacent China.[1]

Perching Frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Polypedates
Species:
P. teraiensis
Binomial name
Polypedates teraiensis
(Dubois, 1987)
Synonyms
  • Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) leucomystax teraiensis
  • Rhacophorus teraiensis

References

  1. Polypedates teraiensis, Amphibian Species of the World 5.6


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