Norhayati's Flying Frog (Rhacophorus norhayatiae) in-situ, in amplexus

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Poor frogs, the past few days had been very dry with little to no rain in most areas. And their puddle is fast drying up but it seems they are desperately trying to mate & "propagate". An in-situ shot! Not sure why is this arboreal species is doing on the forest floor, normally they would mate on branches or trees.

 

Location: Peninsular Malaysia.

Previously Rhacophorus norhayatii, now Rhacophorus norhayatiae.

The specific epithet norhayatiae honours Professor Dr Norhayati Ahmad of the National University of Malaysia (UKM) (Chan & Grismer, 2010).

Location: Peninsular Malaysia.

Distribution: Across Peninsular Malaysia, it also occurs in the extreme south and a small area of west-central Thailand, near the border with Myanmar (Dring, 1979; Chan-ard, 2003).

 

Habitat: Lowland pristine rainforest and hill forests up to 550 m elevation (Chan et al. 2010b; Dring 1979; Grandison 1972; Norhayati et al. 2005; Wood et al. 2008b). Living on trees up to 7 m above the forest floor,

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