#1940 · 🐸 amphibians
Spot-legged Tree Frog
Polypedates megacephalus
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © 藜梓柠 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © 藜梓柠 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Sam Hambly · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Alan Kwok (King Lun), Ada Tai (Ah Heung) / 阿達蘭 AdAlan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Young Chan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © sashahaldane · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Sunnetchan · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. © emanon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © hollythefrog · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Jeffrey Cfy · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Polypedates megacephalus , the Hong Kong Whipping Frog or Spot-legged Tree Frog , is a species in the shrub frog family (Rhacophoridae). In its native range, it is also called "brown tree frog" , but this name is otherwise applied to a species of the true tree frog family (Hylidae).
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.
- 15,468 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Edward Hallowell in 1861 (165 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Spot-legged Tree Frog
- scientific name
- Polypedates megacephalus
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Rhacophoridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 15,468
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1861 by Edward Hallowell
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Rhacophoridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 26571, Wikidata Q2716453, GBIF 2423787, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.