Theloderma auratum

The golden bug-eyed frog (Theloderma auratum) is a frog.  It lives in Vietnam. Scientists think it might also live in Laos. It lives in tropical forests on mountains.

Body
The adult male frog is about 21.8–26.4 mm long from nose to rear end. This frog has no warts or bony ridges on its skin.  There is no webbed skin on its front feet.  The skin of its back is gold-yellow in color with gold-orange and brown marks.  The skin of its legs is reddish brown on top.

Home
This frog lives in forests that have never been cut down and have evergreen trees in them.  People have not seen this frog in places that people have changed too much. People see the frogs after rain. They see them sitting on plants up to one meter above the ground. People have seen this frog between 800 and 1420 meters above sea level.

Young
The male frog calls to the female frog. Scientists think she lays her eggs in holes in plants that have water in them. The tadpoles take about two and a half months to become frogs.

Name
Scientists named this frog auratum for the Latin language word for "gold."

Danger
Scientists say this frog is in some danger of dying out because human beings cut down the forests where it lives to make farms.

At least two of the places this frog lives are protected parks: Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve and Kon Ka Kinh National Park.

References

Category:Frogs of Asia