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Scientific Name: Polypedates leucomystax
English Name: Common Tree Frog, Four-lined Tree Frog, Striped Tree Frog
Local/Bangla Name: Pati Gecho Bang (পাতি গেছো ব্যাঙ)
Photo: parttimefieldyau (iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Description:
The body is slender, with a head that is as long as it is broad and an obtusely pointed snout. The dorsal skin is smooth and ranges from dark brown to yellowish or grey, with 4-6 darker lines running from the neck to the anal region. Occasionally, there are whitish spots on the hind thighs. The ventral skin is dusky-white and granular, with dark patches present anterior and posterior to the eye. The limbs have dark crossbars. The fingers are rudimentarily webbed, and the toes are fully webbed, with both having disc-shaped tips.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It inhabits agricultural lands, freshwater wetlands, ponds, ditches, canals etc. It is distributed widely throughout Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater, terrestrial
Main References:
Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA and Khondker M (eds.) (2009) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 25 Amphibians and Reptiles Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka 204 pp.
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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