Stats

Lifespan

5-10 yrs

Size

Medium

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Tropical rainforest

Range

Southeast Asia

Movement

Climbing

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

The spot-legged tree frog is named for the bold dark spots that mottle its limbs against a warm brown back. Females whip mucus and eggs into a foam nest suspended over water — tadpoles hatch and drop straight into the pond below.

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

Rhacophoridae

Genus

Polypedates

Species

Polypedates megacephalus