Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Rhacophoridae > Polypedates > Polypedates maculatus

Polypedates maculatus (Spotted Whipping Frog)

Synonyms: Hyla maculata; Polypedates maculatus himalayensis; Rhacophorus leucomystax maculatus; Rhacophorus maculatus

Wikipedia Abstract

Polypedates maculatus, the Himalayan tree frog Indian tree frog, or Chunam tree frog, is a common species of tree frog found in South Asia. It was described by John Edward Gray in 1830. The northwestern subspecies P. m. himalayensis was formerly considered a separate species. Polypedates leucomystax, a very similar species, was formerly included in P. maculatus.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
18
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.96
EDGE Score: 1.94
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  35.6 grams
Female Maturity [1]  1 year
Male Maturity [1]  1 year
Litter Size [1]  599
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  7 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.268 inches (8.3 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Annapurna Conservation Area VI 1842840 Nepal
Kudremukh National Park II 202772 Karnataka, India  
Mount Everest (Sagarmatha) National Park II 275416 Nepal
Simlipal Tiger Reserve National Park II 103465 Orissa, India  
Sunderban National Park 261613 India  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Himalaya Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan No
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka India, Sri Lanka No

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0