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Rough-armed Tree Frog
The frilled tree frog, rough-armed tree frog, or Southeast Asian tree frog (''Kurixalus appendiculatus'') is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae found in Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss. The size of this frog is in males and in females. References External links * Sound recordings of Frilled tree frog at BioAcoustica Gallery File:Rhaco appen 100614-3467 awr.jpg, From Sambas, West Kalimantan File:Rhaco appen 100614-3454 H awr.jpg, Head close up File:Rhaco appen 100614-3478 awr.jpg, Mimicking ''Hevea'' tree bark Kurixalus, appendiculatus Frogs of Asia Frogs of India Amphibians of Myanmar Amphibians of Cambodia Amphibians of Indonesia Amphibians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danum Valley Conservation Area
Danum Valley Conservation Area is a 438 square kilometres tract of relatively undisturbed lowland dipterocarp forest in Sabah, Malaysia. It has an extensive diversity of tropical flora and fauna, including such species as the rare Bornean orangutans, gibbons, mousedeer, clouded leopards and over 270 bird species. Activities offered are jungle treks, river swimming, bird watching, night jungle tours and excursions to nearby logging sites and timber mills. The area holds unique status in the sense that before it became a conservation area there were no human settlements within the area, meaning that hunting, logging and other human interference was non existent making the area almost unique. It is managed by Yayasan Sabah for conservation, research, education, and habitat restoration training purposes. There have been proposals to nominate the site as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Geography The nearest town, Lahad Datu is about 82 km away (about a 2 hours drive on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
