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Polypedates maculatus

Polypedates maculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Polypedates
Species:
P. maculatus
Binomial name
Polypedates maculatus
(J.E.Gray, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Hyla maculata J.E.Gray, 1930
  • Rhacophorus maculatus (J.E.Gray, 1830)
  • Polypedates himalayensis (Annandale, 1912)

Polypedates maculatus, the Indian tree frog,[1] or Chunam tree frog, is a common species of tree frog found in South Asia. It was described by John Edward Gray in 1830.[2]

Although now considered as a separate species again, for a time, the Himalayan tree frog was considered as a subspecies of the Indian tree frog (as P. m. himalayensis).[1] Polypedates leucomystax, a very similar species, was formerly included in P. maculatus.

  1. ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Polypedates maculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T174265377A174451114. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T174265377A174451114.en. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Grey 1830 Date is often given as "1833" but the volume in question was already out in 1830 (Wheeler 1998).

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