A Chinese gliding frog sits in a display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, May 25, 2004. 'Frogs: A Chorus of Colors', an exhibit featuring more than 200 live frogs representing 24 species from around the world, opens at the museum on May 29. The Chinese gliding frog is indigenous to Southeastern China and Myanmar. REUTERS/Peter Morgan
词汇:
gliding frog 飞蛙
species n.种类
indigenous adj.本土的
Myanmar 缅甸[东南亚国家](即Burma)
背景知识:
Reinwardtis gliding frog
分类:树蛙科 Rhacophoridae
学名:Rhacophorus reinwardtii Schegel, 1840
俗名:爪哇飞蛙 Java flying frog, black-webbed treefrog
外型特征:体长5~8公分,身体背面绿色,部分个体有深绿色斑纹或白色斑点,体侧有灰黑色细网纹,腋部有一个大黑斑,腹部黄色。四肢修长,指间的蹼发达,具有黑色斑点。
生态习性:树栖性,当趾间的蹼展开时,宛如撑开降落伞一般,藉此可以进行长距离的滑翔,所以又称为飞蛙。繁殖时期在5~6月,雌蛙在池塘边的树上产浅黄色泡沫卵块,通常包裹在叶片里。
分布:热带雨林,包括马来西亚、苏门答腊、爪哇及中国云南广西。