Rhacophorus nigropalmatus Boulenger, 1895
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.
Rhacophorus nigropalmatus, Wallace's flying frog - Khao Sok National Park. Photo by Thai National Parks, https://www.thainationalparks.com/khao-sok-national-park.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus), also known as the gliding frog or the Abah River flying frog, is a moss frog found at least from the Malay Peninsula into western Indonesia and southern Thailand, and is present in Borneo and Sumatra. It is named for the biologist, Alfred R. Wallace, who collected the first known specimen.
Wikipedia contributors, Wallace's flying frog; 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 nigropalmatus Boulenger, 1895
- Name authority
- Boulenger, 1895
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyRhacophoridae Hoffman, 1932
- subfamilyRhacophorinae Hoffman, 1932
- genusRhacophorus Kuhl & Van Hasselt, 1822
- speciesRhacophorus nigropalmatus Boulenger, 1895
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Rhacophorus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Rhacophorus baluensis Inger, 1954 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhacophorus barisani Harvey, Pemberton & Smith, 2002 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhacophorus bifasciatus Van Kampen, 1923 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhacophorus bipunctatus Ahl, 1927 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhacophorus borneensis Matsui, Shimada & Sudin, 2013 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhacophorus catamitus Harvey, Pemberton & Smith, 2002 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhacophorus hoanglienensis Orlov, Lathrop, Murphy & Ho, 2001 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhacophorus indonesiensis Hamidy & Kurniati, 2015 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhacophorus kio Ohler & Delorme, 2006 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhacophorus larissae Ostroshabov, Orlov & Nguyen, 2013 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhacophorus lateralis Boulenger, 1883 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rhacophorus modestus Boulenger, 1920 | RhacophoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Polypedates nigropalmatus (Boulenger, 1895) (Boulenger, 1895) | synonym |
| Rhacophorus nigropalmatus nigropalmatus Boulenger, 1895 Boulenger, 1895 | synonym |
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.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=665661 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:6X5RD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.