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IMG_6044-0(W) Norhayati's Flying Frog (Rhacophorus norhayatiae)

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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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