Green Paddy Frog

Hylarana erythraea

Description

Hylarana erythraea has a smooth skin, the dorsal part is green or brown with a pair of cream-white dorsolateral folds that are sometimes accompanied by black stripes, the ventral part is white. Legs yellow-brown with irregular dark patches, hind limbs are longer. The swimming web reach the base of the disc on the toes, except for the fourth toe which has two free segments from the membrane.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

Male: 35-45 mm; Female: 45-50 mm

Aq

Aquatic

Di

Diurnal

In

Insectivorest

No

Nocturnal

Te

Terrestrial

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Amphibi

ORDER

:

Anura

FAMILY

:

Ranidae

GENUS

:

Hylarana

SPECIES

:

Hylarana erythraea

Distribution

Hylarana erythraea mostly found in thick floating marsh vegetation or bushes, particularly at the edge of ponds (both artificial and natural), rice fields, ditches and marshes, as well as quiet streams.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.

Habits and Lifestyle

During the day Hylarana erythraea hide among vegetation or dwelling on the floating broad leaves in shallow water or banks, while at night descend to land close to the water’s edge.

Lifestyle

Terrestrial, Aquatic, Nocturnal, Diurnal

Biome

Tropical rain forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Hylarana erythraeafeed is an insectivorous animal, it mainly feed on some species of insects.

Diet : Insectivores

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. Kongkang gading from Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia article
  2. Common Greenback from Ecology Asia article
  3. Hylarana erythraea: Green Paddy Frog from AmphibiaWeb article
  4. Hylarana erythraea from Flora Fauna Web