Did you know striped tree frog.

Common tree frog (Polypedates leucomystax) is a type of tree frogs are easy to find in Jakarta. Love is in the trees, the habitat near the pond or swamp in the forest, there is also in logged forest and near human settlements.

This frog in several regional languages are also called cehay or cekay (Sd.), Perkak (Bms.) And others. In English, this frog is known as Striped Tree Frog, Four-lined Tree Frog, Common Tree Frog, Banana Frog and some other names.

Highways Polypedates there are only 13 types, and 4 species of them are in Indonesia. In addition to this there is also a frog tree frog dark ear (Polypedates macrotis), hourglass tree frog (Polypedates colletii) and serrated ear tree frog (Polypedates otilophus). Unfortunately these three types are not available in Java but can be found in Sumatra, Borneo and some neighboring islands.

Striped tree frog, characterized by the back (dorsal) smooth-skinned, without creases, bumps or rash. Color is changeable, yellowish brown, grayish to whitish pale, with shades, plain (Figure 1), large and small dark spots (Figure 2), or striped lengthwise (Figure 3).

This frog can also change the color of the patterned somewhat dark and contrast at night, until pale and faint at noon time. As I found in the woods during the day in the city Srengseng, West Jakarta, he was fun-fun sleeping in the grass. There is a line of dark or black to black band between the nose with eyes, continue to the back past the top side of the tympanum (eardrum) to the shoulder. The black ribbon golden yellow constrained thin line next to it, especially from the eye to the shoulder at the top of the tympanum.

Hand and thigh with stripes (streaks) oblique blackish. The fingers in swimming webbed hands half or almost none. Swimming membranes in black-colored legs, reaching the tip knuckle; except on the fourth finger (the longest), only reached the second section of the tip. With large eyes, prominent golden yellow iris. Golden upper lip, lower lip black.

These frogs are active at night (nocturnal), this frog is often heard sounds hard since before sunset. They prey on various types of insects.

In the breeding season, many individual males (sometimes up to about 10 in number) are gathered near the pond, ditch or other puddle. The male frogs climb low bushes or small trees near the puddle, to a height of 1 m or more above the ground, as well as the voice of the perch clapped it to lure the female frog. If met, this tree frog couple then moves to the position of the leaves or twigs that hangs over the water to attach their eggs.

The eggs are laid in a nest of foam attached hanging over the puddle, on leaves, twigs, grass stalk, or sometimes also on the walls of the water channel. These bubbles will protect the egg from drying out, until his tadpoles hatch and out fell into the water.

In the breeding season, some males show aggressive attitude towards the presence of light flashlight with over and perched near the light, and then a voice. It reads "pro-oak .. wrok! ... Krot..krot..krot" similar to swiping the teeth.

Because its existence is very common in Jakarta, try to go you get the yard you find this frog? Furthermore striped tree frog known to spread in India, Burma, southern China, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Nicobar, Mentawai, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba, to the East and some in the introduction to Papua. Thank you for reading this article.
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DatePublished: 10 February 2015 at 14:10

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