Helen’s Flying Frog

Helen’s Flying Frog

This newly discovered frog was first documented in January this year, so there is little information on this creature. However, we do know that this frog can fly using its huge webbed feet. It glides across the forest canopies of South Vietnam to escape predators and female specimens have flaps of skin on their arms to aid flight. Its large feet are used to stick to tree branches after gliding. Helen’s Flying frog—Rhacophorus helenae is quite large, reaching ten centimeters in length.It was discovered in Vietnam near Saigon by an Australian scientist. She named the frog after her mother. What amazes biologists is that it is so large and lives so close to Saigon but has remained undetected for so long.

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