Helen's tree frog (''Rhacophorus helenae'') is a
flying frog
A flying frog (also called a gliding frog) is a frog that has the ability to achieve gliding flight. This means it can descend at an angle less than 45° relative to the horizontal. Other nonflying arboreal frogs can also descend, but only at angle ...
s found in low-lying forests of southern
Vietnam
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, from Nui Ong Nature Reserve,
Bình Thuận Province to jungle in
Tân Phú District, Đồng Nai
Tan or TAN may refer to:
Businesses and organisations
* Black and Tans, a nickname for British special constables during the Irish War of Independence. By extension "Tans" can now also colloquially refer to English or British people in general, es ...
. It is named after Helen M. Rowley, mother of one of the discoverers.
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This frog has a body length of about in males and in females. The back and head are green or blue with white spots. Its belly and eyes are white, and has webbed hands and feet which help this frog to glide from tree to tree, and occasionally from the canopy to the ground to breed. This frog is under threat due to the large human population.][
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See also
*Flying frog
A flying frog (also called a gliding frog) is a frog that has the ability to achieve gliding flight. This means it can descend at an angle less than 45° relative to the horizontal. Other nonflying arboreal frogs can also descend, but only at angle ...
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New flying frog species found in Vietnam
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helenae
Amphibians described in 2012
Frogs of Asia
Amphibians of Vietnam
Endemic fauna of Vietnam
Taxa named by Jodi Rowley
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