''Kurixalus eiffingeri'' (Eiffinger's Tree Frog) is a species of
frog in the family
Rhacophoridae. It is found in Taiwan and on the
Yaeyama Islands of Japan. Its natural
habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland
forests and subtropical or tropical moist
montane forests.
It is threatened by
habitat loss.
''Kurixalus eiffingeri'' is a small to medium size frog. They breed in tree holes and bamboo stumps.
Tadpoles are
oophagous
Oophagy ( ) sometimes ovophagy, literally "egg eating", is the practice of
embryos feeding on eggs produced by the ovary while still inside the mother's uterus. The word oophagy is formed from the classical Greek (, "egg") and classical Greek (, ...
, and female frogs lay
trophic eggs to feed their young.
References
Kurixalus
Amphibians of Japan
Amphibians of Taiwan
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Amphibians described in 1895
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