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Wallace Flying Frog

Rhacophorus nigropalmatus

Description:

A large sized tree frog with striking bright colours of green, yellow and white. Its name is misleading as they don't fly but glide. Being a tree frog, they do climb high up among trees. And to get down quickly or to get away from their predators, they glide by spreading the webbings on their legs.

Habitat:

Tropical forest. This particular Frog was found at the Frog Pond of Kubah National Park.

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14 Comments

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 5 years ago

Thanks, @Felix :)

Felix Fleck
Felix Fleck 5 years ago

Belated congrats!

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 5 years ago

Thanks, @triggsturner :)

triggsturner
triggsturner 5 years ago

Beautiful frog Albert. Congrats on your sotd.

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 5 years ago

Thanks, @Daniele for another SOTD :)

Thanks too, @Antonio, @Vipul and @Jordi for your kind words and appreciation :)

JordiPrats
JordiPrats 5 years ago

Amazing finding Albert!

Vipul Ramanuj
Vipul Ramanuj 5 years ago

Congrats! This is a brilliant find. Thanks for sharing.

Congrats again Albert on the well deserved SOTD

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 6 years ago

Congratulations Albert, your Wallace's flying frog is our Spotting of the Day:

"Are you a frog lover yet? We hope you will be after discovering the marvelous Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus), our Spotting of the Day! This large (body length of 80–100 mm) emerald green tree frog stands out with its big pale yellow eyes, long limbs and yellow webbing between fingers and toes. Together with loose skin flaps on the sides the webbing helps this frog to extend its leap into a glide. The oversized toe pads well visible on this shot help with landing and sticking to tree trunks. Wallace's flying frog is named after Alfred Russel Wallace, a British naturalist best known for his pioneering work on evolution and natural selection. Wallace also identified what is now known as the Wallace Line, a boundary that separates the ecozone of Asia and the Australasian ecozone".

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DrNamgyalT.Sherpa
DrNamgyalT.Sherpa 6 years ago

Wow Albert, another jewel!

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 6 years ago

Thanks, @Antonio, @Emilie and @Daniele for your appreciation :)

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 6 years ago

Love these shots as you can see the webbed fingers and toes! Great series Albert.

EmilieChich
EmilieChich 6 years ago

Great photos as always. Thanks for sharing, Albert.

Gourgeous series Albert,congrats and thanks forsharing

AlbertKang
Spotted by
AlbertKang

Sarawak, Malaysia

Spotted on Apr 12, 2018
Submitted on Apr 19, 2018

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