Stats

Lifespan

3-6 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Tropical rainforest

Range

Southeast Asia

Movement

Hopping

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Rare

About

A small true frog of Southeast Asian lowlands, instantly recognizable by the crisp white stripe running along its upper lip. Found in rice paddies, secondary forests, and stream margins from the Philippines to Vietnam.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A jelly-coated egg is laid in water and develops over days into an aquatic larva.
2. 2.
   tadpole

   A gilled tadpole swims and grazes on algae, slowly absorbing its tail and growing limbs.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A near-adult amphibian leaves the water with new legs and lungs, smaller than the mature form.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown at adult size, breathing air.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Ranidae

Genus

Hylarana

Species

Hylarana parva