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Nyctixalus moloch

Theloderma moloch
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Theloderma
Species: T. moloch
Binomial name
Theloderma moloch
(Annandale, 1912)
Synonyms

Phrynoderma moloch Annandale, 1912
Rhacophorus moloch (Annandale, 1912)
Nyctixalus moloch (Annandale, 1912)


Phrynoderma moloch Annandale, 1912
Rhacophorus moloch (Annandale, 1912)
Nyctixalus moloch (Annandale, 1912)

Theloderma moloch is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in northeastern India (Arunachal Pradesh and Assam) and adjacent Tibet, China, possibly wider. Taxonomic placement of this taxon has been a source of much debate, possibly because of wrong tissue was used for it in a molecular study—with ramifications for the taxonomy of whole Theloderma and its sister taxon Nyctixalus.

Theloderma moloch is an arboreal frog associated with tropical forest and shrubland. Breeding takes presumably place in ponds. Its habitat threatened by wood collection.


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