Theloderma: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Rhacophoridae
- Genus
- Theloderma
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Theloderma
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Theloderma
Theloderma, the bug-eyed frogs, mossy frogs or warty frogs, is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, subfamily Rhacophorinae. They are found from northeastern India and southern China, through Southeast Asia, to the Greater Sunda Islands; the highest species richness is in Indochina. Some species, especially T. corticale, are sometimes kept in captivity.
They are medium to small-sized frogs with maximum snout–vent lengths that range from 2 to 7.5 cm (0.8 to 3.0 in) depending on species, and their skin can be smooth, warty or tuberculated. The genus includes species that are contrastingly marked, but most are very well-camouflaged, resembling plant material (typically bark or moss) or bird droppings.
Little is known about their behavior, but they feed on small arthropods. In species where known, breeding takes place in a small water pool in a cavity of a tree, bamboo or karst. The female places 4–20 eggs just above the water. After about one to two weeks they hatch into tadpoles that drop into the water; they metamorphose into froglets after a few months to a year.
...Theloderma in languages:
- English
- Moss Frogs
- Lithuanian
- Karpotosios skraidvarlės
- Thai
- สกุล ปาดตะปุ่ม
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Theloderma albopunctatum
- Theloderma annae
- Theloderma asperum
- Theloderma auratum
- Theloderma baibungense
- Theloderma bicolor
- Theloderma corticale
- Theloderma gordoni
- Theloderma hekouense
- Theloderma horridum
- Theloderma khoii
- Theloderma lacustrinum
- Theloderma laeve
- Theloderma lateriticum
- Theloderma leporosum
- Theloderma licin
- Theloderma moloch
- Theloderma nagalandense
- Theloderma nebulosum
- Theloderma palliatum
- Theloderma petilum
- Theloderma phrynoderma
- Theloderma pyaukkya
- Theloderma rhododiscus
- Theloderma ryabovi
- Theloderma stellatum
- Theloderma truongsonense
- Theloderma vietnamense














































