Wallace's flying frog: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Wallace's flying frog lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Rhacophorus nigropalmatus
Group	Frogs & toads
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Amphibian
Order	Anura
Family	Rhacophoridae

Where does the Wallace's flying frog live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Wallace's flying frog in 3 countries and territories across Asia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Wallace's flying frog endangered?

The Wallace's flying frog’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Wallace's flying frog?

The Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) is an amphibian in the order Anura and the family Rhacophoridae, genus Rhacophorus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Wallace's flying frog

Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus), also known as the gliding frog or the Abah River flying frog, is a moss frog found at least from the Malay Peninsula into western Indonesia and southern Thailand, and is present in Borneo and Sumatra. It is named for the biologist, Alfred R. Wallace, who collected the first known specimen.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Wallace's flying frog (revision 1381218601), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1190196 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).