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Rhacophorus lateralis
Range
Endemic to the Western Ghats, around southern Karnataka and northern Kerala
Rhacophorus lateralis is a tree frog endemic to the Western Ghats of South India, with common names including small tree frog, Boulenger's tree frog, small gliding frog and winged gliding frog. It was described in 1883 by George Albert Boulenger. Several later surveys did not report it until its rediscovery in Coorg in 2000, during an expedition by a team from the University of Aberdeen, and it has since been found in many parts of the Ghats around southern Karnataka and northern Kerala. The frog is slender, with a short head and snout and a distinct canthus rostralis (Wikipedia, general species account).
Along with R. malabaricus, it is one of the few anuran amphibians in India that builds its nest above the ground using leaves (Wikipedia, general species account).