''Rhacophorus spelaeus'', the cave-dwelling tree frog, is a species of frog in the family
Rhacophoridae
The Rhacophoridae are a family of frogs that occur 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. They are commonly ...
. Scientists know it exclusively from the
type locality, a limestone cave in
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
, 140 meters above sea level.
Original description
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References
Frogs of Asia
Endemic fauna of Laos
Amphibians described in 2010
spelaeus
Cave amphibians
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