Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus
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Rhacophorus pseudomalabaricus is a species of frog
Frog
Frogs are amphibians in the order Anura , formerly referred to as Salientia . Most frogs are characterized by a short body, webbed digits , protruding eyes and the absence of a tail...

 in the Rhacophoridae
Rhacophoridae
Rhacophoridae is a family of frog species, which occur in tropical regions of Asia and Africa. They are commonly known as shrub frogs, or more ambiguously as "moss frogs" or "bush frogs". Some Rhacophoridae are called "tree frogs"...

 family.
It is endemic to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is a type of or the Parachuting frog
Flying frog
A "flying" frog is a frog that has the ability to glide. That is, it can descend at an angle of less than 45° relative to the horizontal. Arboreal frogs can also descend vertically, but only at angles greater than 45°, which is referred to as parachuting...

 which can descend aerially, but at angles sharper than 45 degrees.

Its natural habitat
Habitat
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s are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and intermittent freshwater marsh
Marsh
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es. It is found in the lower canopy and understory of tropical moist evergreen forest, all within about 100 sq.km in the Indira Gandhi National Park
Indira Gandhi National Park
Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park is a protected area named after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who visited the park on October 7, 1961. It is often called "Topslip", a village in the northeast corner of the park which is the main visitor center. This name is derived from the local...

 region of the Western Ghats.
It mates on vegetation overhanging temporary pools, which is where the tadpoles develop.

It is severely threatened by habitat loss.
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