''Polypedates colletti'' (Collett's tree frog, Collett's treefrog, Collett's whipping frog or black-spotted tree frog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in the

Malay Peninsula The Malay Peninsula (Malay: ''Semenanjung Tanah Melayu'') is a peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area ...

( Thailand and Malaysia), southern Vietnam, Borneo,

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

, and islands of the South China Sea (including Natuna Islands).

Etymology

The

specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...

''colletti'' honours Robert Collett, Norwegian zoologist.

Description

Males can reach and females in snout–vent length. The snout is conspicuously acute. The tympanum is distinct. The dorsum is usually brownish or grayish, and most individuals have an hour-glass pattern in their back. The belly is whitish-cream. The throat may have dark vermiculations. The limbs have darkish cross-bars. The tadpoles grow to in total length and have a marbled pattern on head, trunk, and tail.

Habitat and conservation

''Polypedates colletti'' inhabits lowland marshy evergreen rainforest areas, including mildly disturbed, selectively logged forest, at elevations up to

above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ...

. During the breeding, it forms aggregations around temporary rain pools; adults perch at height in the vegetation. It is potentially threatened by habitat loss. It is found in a number of protected areas.

References

External links

Sound recordings of ''Polypedates colletti'' at BioAcoustica
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2701170 colletti Amphibians of Indonesia Amphibians of Malaysia Amphibians of Thailand Amphibians of Vietnam Amphibians of Borneo Fauna of Sumatra Amphibians described in 1890 Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Taxonomy articles created by Polbot