Common Tree Frog
Polypedates leucomystax
- Class
- Amphibian
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 4,964
- Most observed in
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Polypedates leucomystax is a species in the shrub frog family Rhacophoridae. It is known under numerous common names, including common tree frog, four-lined tree frog, golden tree frog or striped tree frog. Many past authors have united it with the common Indian tree frog in P. maculatus (or Rhacophorus maculatus, as was common in older times), but today they are generally considered distinct species. In its native range, it is also called "white-lipped tree frog", but this name is otherwise applied to a species of true tree frogs (family Hylidae). Polypedates leucomystax is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN. It is, in fact a species complex containing various cryptic species within it.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Common tree frog”.