Reinwardt's Flying Frog

Reinwardt's Flying Frog glides using extensive webbing between its enlarged toe pads, which act like miniature parachutes during aerial descent. When it leaps from a tree, it spreads its limbs and uses the webbed feet to steer and slow its fall toward lower branches or the forest floor.

Reinwardt's Flying Frog is native to Southeast Asia, specifically found in Indonesia and Malaysia. It inhabits tropical rainforest canopies in regions including Borneo and Sumatra, where tall trees provide the vertical space it needs for gliding.

Rhacophorus reinwardtii is recognized by its vivid green dorsal surface contrasted with striking yellow-and-black webbing between its toes and along its flanks. This coloration helps camouflage it against foliage while the bright webbing flashes visibly during flight.

Reinwardt's Flying Frog belongs to the family Rhacophoridae, commonly known as Old World tree frogs or bush frogs. This family includes many other gliding species found across tropical Asia and Africa, several of which also possess extensive toe webbing for aerial locomotion.