Common name : Malabar gliding frog
Scientific name : Rhacophorus malabaricus
Family : Rhacophoridae
Native to : Western Ghats of India
Interesting fact : The flying frog lays its eggs in foamy nests on trees above water, from which the hatched tadpoles drop into the water.
Conservation status : Least Concern
The Malabar flying frog can’t fly but actually glides or leaps (9 to 12 metres) from treetops using their toe webbing to break a fall. They are brilliant green with finely grained skins. Their toes and fingers have extensive red coloured webbing. Living on trees, they inhabit tropical moist forests, deciduous forests and coffee plantations.
