Kingdom Animalia Order Anura Genus Theloderma Higher classification Nyctixalus | Phylum Chordata Family Rhacophoridae Scientific name Nyctixalus moloch Rank Species | |
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Similar Frog, Rhacophoridae, Amphibians, Theloderma andersoni, Nyctixalus | ||
Theloderma moloch is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is found in northeastern India (Arunachal Pradesh and Assam) and adjacent Tibet, China, possibly wider. Taxonomic placement of this taxon has been a source of much debate, possibly because of wrong tissue was used for it in a molecular study—with ramifications for the taxonomy of whole Theloderma and its sister taxon Nyctixalus.
Theloderma moloch is an arboreal frog associated with tropical forest and shrubland. Breeding takes presumably place in ponds. Its habitat threatened by wood collection.
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