Spotted treefrog

(Nyctixalus pictus)

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Description

It grows to about 35 mm in size,is brown or reddish brown with white to yellow spots on the body.Their finger and toe tips are dilated.The frogs are known to breed in phytotelms (tree holes having water),dropping their tadpoles into the water.Arboreal in nature,they are often found on shrubs and lower tree canopy in primary and secondary forests

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Amphibia
Order:Anura
Family:Rhacophoridae
Genus:Nyctixalus
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