Rentapia hosii

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Rentapia hosii, also known as the Boulenger's Asian tree toad, common tree toad, tree toad, House's tree toad (sic), Malayan brown toad, brown tree toad,[2] or Asian yellow-spotted climbing toad,[3] is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.[1][2] It is found in the Malay Peninsula (including extreme southern peninsular Thailand), Borneo (Indonesia, Brunei, and Malaysia), and Sumatra (Indonesia).[1][2]

Rentapia hosii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Rentapia
Species:
R. hosii
Binomial name
Rentapia hosii
(Boulenger, 1892)
Synonyms[2]
  • Nectophryne hosii Boulenger, 1892
  • Pedostibes hosii (Boulenger, 1892)
  • Pedostibes hosei (Boulenger, 1892)

Rentapia hosii is an arboreal toad found in forest and other dense vegetation along large lowland rivers, at elevations below 800 m (2,600 ft). It breeds in clear forest streams. After metamorphosis, juveniles disperse through the surrounding forest, gradually becoming arboreal.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017) [amended version of 2014 assessment]. "Rentapia hosii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T54862A114110853. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T54862A114110853.en.
  2. ^ a b c d Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Rentapia hosii (Boulenger, 1892)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Asian Yellow-spotted Climbing Toad (Rentapia hosii) on Brunei Check List". iNaturalist. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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