''Rhacophorus calcaneus'' (vernacular name: Vietnam flying frog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Vietnam. It has been extensively confused with ''

Rhacophorus robertingeri ''Rhacophorus robertingeri'' is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Vietnam. First found in the Annamite Mountains of Vietnam, it is now known from mountain areas between Hà Giang or Nghệ An Province in the north and ...

'', making it difficult to know its true range. Its natural habitats are evergreen forests at elevations of

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. It is threatened by collection for the international pet trade and by habitat loss and degradation caused by rapidly expanding agriculture, including cash crops such as rubber, coffee and tea.

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calcaneus In humans and many other primates, the calcaneus (; from the Latin ''calcaneus'' or ''calcaneum'', meaning heel) or heel bone is a bone of the tarsus of the foot which constitutes the heel. In some other animals, it is the point of the hock. S ...

Amphibians of Vietnam Endemic fauna of Vietnam Amphibians described in 1924 Taxa named by Malcolm Arthur Smith Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Rhacophoridae-stub