Warty tree frog
(Theloderma asperum)
Facts
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IUCN LEAST CONCERN (LC)
Facts about this animal
It reaches about 37 mm in body size. The background color is dark brown, sometimes mixed with black. The sides are dirty-white, or slightly yellow. The coloration can vary from specimen to specimen. Yong frogs clearly differ from adults by their brightness of coloration, with much whiter color with dark-brown and grey spots.
Like Gordon’s Bug-eyed frog (T. gordoni) this species inhabits tree hollows, where one can find one adult male, plus several females and a number of immature young specimens. Clutches consist of 5-6 eggs which are deposited on the ground. Incubation time is 8-10 days, metamorphoses occurs after 56-70 days. The size of froglets is 10-12 mm.
Did you know?
that young specimens of this species look like bird dropping and are thus perfectly camouflaged?
| Factsheet | |
|---|---|
| Class | AMPHIBIA |
| Order | ANURA |
| Suborder | NEOBATRACHIA |
| Family | RHACOPHORIDAE |
| Name (Scientific) | Theloderma asperum |
| Name (English) | Warty tree frog |
| Name (Spanish) | Theloderma asperum |
| CITES Status | Not listed |
Photo Copyright by
Thomas Ziegler
Distribution
| Distribution | |
|---|---|
| Range | Cambodia, India (Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland), Malaysia, Myanmar, China (Xizang), Thailand, Laos, central and northern Vietnam and Indonesia (Sumatra). |
| Habitat | In nature this species inhabits primary forests, growing in karst zones in an altitude of 400 to-1400 m asl. |
| Wild population | This species is seldom seen in nature. During all the time of research, only about 30 specimens were found. |
| Zoo population | Non reported to ISIS (2007) |
In the Zoo
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Why do zoos keep this animal
Deforestation is the main threat for this species now, because Vietnam and other countries have a very fast economic development which goes together with the destruction of primary rainforest.