#1953 · 🐸 amphibians
Common Southeast Asian Tree Frog
Polypedates leucomystax
📍 ปะเหลียน, อ.ปะเหลียน, จ.ตรัง, TH
📍 Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
📍 Langkat Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia
📍 University of Science, Malaysia, Georgetown, Penang, MY
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Thomas Brown · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Tom Kirschey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Meynard Dinesh · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © CHUNG CHANG-LIN · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Iman Akbar · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. © Steph Durant · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. ปะเหลียน, อ.ปะเหลียน, จ.ตรัง, TH:© Ingkayut Sa-ar · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Bogor, West Java, Indonesia:© fhadlikennedi · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Langkat Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia:© rachmi · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. University of Science, Malaysia, Georgetown, Penang, MY:© Mohd Abdul Muin Md Akil · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Polypedates leucomystax is a species in the shrub frog family Rhacophoridae. It is known under numerous common names, including common tree frog , four-lined tree frog , golden tree frog or striped tree frog . Many past authors have united it with the common Indian tree frog in P. maculatus (or Rhacophorus maculatus , as was common in older times), but today they are generally considered distinct species. In its native range, it is also called "white-lipped tree frog", but...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 10,928 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst in 1829 (197 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Southeast Asian Tree Frog
- scientific name
- Polypedates leucomystax
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Rhacophoridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 10,928
- GBIF records in NL
- 29
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1829 by Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Rhacophoridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 26592, Wikidata Q2277171, GBIF 2423785, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.