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Rhacophorus monticola Boulenger, 1896

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Foto ini memperlihatkan salah satu jenis katak yang cukup langka ditemui yaitu katak terbang/katak parasut (Rhacophorus monticola). Katak ini memiliki ciri khas bentuk kakinya yang lebih panjang dari katak lain dengan selaput diantara jari yang membantu dirinya melompat dari satu kanopi ke kanopi pohon yang lain tanpa terjatuh ke tanah sehingga terlihat melayang. Lompatannya disebut sebagai lompatan parasut. Spesies ini hidup di pepohonan, sering dijumpai di kanopi dan sub-kanopi menjadikannya jarang ditemukan di permukaan tanah. Berdasarkan IUCN Red List spesies ini memiliki status konservasi

Foto ini memperlihatkan salah satu jenis katak yang cukup langka ditemui yaitu katak terbang/katak parasut (Rhacophorus monticola). Katak ini memiliki ciri khas bentuk kakinya yang lebih panjang dari katak lain dengan selaput diantara jari yang membantu dirinya melompat dari satu kanopi ke kanopi pohon yang lain tanpa terjatuh ke tanah sehingga terlihat melayang. Lompatannya disebut sebagai lompatan parasut. Spesies ini hidup di pepohonan, sering dijumpai di kanopi dan sub-kanopi menjadikannya jarang ditemukan di permukaan tanah. Berdasarkan IUCN Red List spesies ini memiliki status konservasi Vulnerable (VU: rentan) atau bisa saja mengalami kepunahan di masa yang akan datang.

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Open encyclopedia reference

Rhacophorus monticola is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

Wikipedia contributors, Rhacophorus monticola; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T18:47:00.632793+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Rhacophorus monticola Boulenger, 1896
Name authority
Boulenger, 1896
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Rhacophoridae
Genus
Rhacophorus
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibia
  9. orderAnura
  10. familyRhacophoridae Hoffman, 1932
  11. subfamilyRhacophorinae Hoffman, 1932
  12. genusRhacophorus Kuhl & Van Hasselt, 1822
  13. speciesRhacophorus monticola Boulenger, 1896

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Rhacophorus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Rhacophorus baluensis Inger, 1954RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rhacophorus barisani Harvey, Pemberton & Smith, 2002RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rhacophorus bifasciatus Van Kampen, 1923RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rhacophorus bipunctatus Ahl, 1927RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rhacophorus borneensis Matsui, Shimada & Sudin, 2013RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rhacophorus catamitus Harvey, Pemberton & Smith, 2002RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rhacophorus hoanglienensis Orlov, Lathrop, Murphy & Ho, 2001RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rhacophorus indonesiensis Hamidy & Kurniati, 2015RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rhacophorus kio Ohler & Delorme, 2006RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rhacophorus larissae Ostroshabov, Orlov & Nguyen, 2013RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rhacophorus lateralis Boulenger, 1883RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rhacophorus modestus Boulenger, 1920RhacophoridaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 395 records assigned to Rhacophoridae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Rhacophorus monticolus Boulenger, 1896 Boulenger, 1896synonym
Rhacophorus schlegelii monticola Boulenger, 1896 Boulenger, 1896synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=665659 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4RXHM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.