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Flying frog, the Glossary

A flying frog (also called a gliding frog) is a frog that has the ability to achieve gliding flight.^[1]

16 relations: Agalychnis, Alfred Russel Wallace, Arboreal locomotion, Ecnomiohyla, Frog, Genus, George Albert Boulenger, Gliding flight, Hylidae, New World, Old World, Parallel evolution, Polypedates, Rhacophoridae, Wallace's flying frog, Zhangixalus.
Frogs
Gliding animals

Agalychnis

Agalychnis is a genus of tree frogs native to forests in Mexico, Central America and northwestern South America.

Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator.

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Arboreal locomotion

Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees.

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Ecnomiohyla

Ecnomiohyla, commonly known as fringe-limbed treefrogs or marvelous frogs, is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae.

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A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek ἀνούρα, literally 'without tail'). Flying frog and frog are frogs.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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George Albert Boulenger

George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians.

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Gliding flight

Gliding flight is heavier-than-air flight without the use of thrust; the term volplaning also refers to this mode of flight in animals. Flying frog and Gliding flight are gliding animals.

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Hylidae

Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as "tree frogs and their allies".

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New World

The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas.

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Old World

The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe after 1493, when Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas.

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Parallel evolution

Parallel evolution is the similar development of a trait in distinct species that are not closely related, but share a similar original trait in response to similar evolutionary pressure.

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Polypedates

Polypedates is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, the shrub frogs and Paleotropic tree frogs.

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Rhacophoridae

The Rhacophoridae are a family of frogs in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, South India and Sri Lanka, Japan, northeastern India to eastern China and Taiwan, south through the Philippines and Greater Sundas, and Sulawesi.

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Wallace's flying frog

Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus), also known as the gliding frog or the Abah River flying frog, is a moss frog found at least from the Malay Peninsula into western Indonesia, and is present in Borneo and Sumatra.

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Zhangixalus

Zhangixalus is a genus of frogs in the subfamily Rhacophorinae, family Rhacophoridae.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_frog

Also known as Flying frogs, Gliding frog, Gliding frogs.