Polypedates megacephalus

Common name: the Spot-legged Tree Frog

Conservation status: Least Concern

Distribution: China, Hong Kong, India, Macau, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced to: Guam, Japan

Size: up to 65-75 mm

Description: upperside coloration varies from yellow to dark-brown with various pattern (spots and stripes) on the back

Habitat: various kinds of habitats including cultivated fields, grasslands, shrublands, plantations, forests and marshes

Activity: nocturnal

Diet: various invertebrates

Reproduction: breeding period lasts throughout the wet season. Eggs are laid into foamy mass attached to leaves or branches above the still water

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