Nyctixalus spinosus

Nyctixalus spinosus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Rhacophoridae
Genus:	Nyctixalus
Species:	N. spinosus
Binomial name
Nyctixalus spinosus (Taylor, 1920)
Synonyms
Hazelia spinosa Taylor, 1920 Rhacophorus (Philautus) spinosus Ahl, 1931 Rhacophorus leprosus spinosus Wolf, 1936 Philautus spinosus Inger, 1954 Hazelia spinosa Liem, 1970 Edwardtayloria spinosa Marx, 1975 Nyctixalus spinosus Dubois, 1981 Theloderma (Nyctixalus) spinosum Poyarkov, Orlov, Moiseeva, Pawangkhanant, Ruangsuwan, Vassilieva, Galoyan, Nguyen, and Gogoleva, 2015 Nyctixalus spinosus Sivongxay, Davankham, Phimmachak, Phoumixay, and Stuart, 2016

The spiny Indonesian tree frog (Nyctixalus spinosus) is a frog. It lives in the Philippines. People have seen it between 300 and 1430 meters above sea level.

The adult frog is 30 to 37 mm long from nose to rear end. It is red-brown in color with small white bumps on it and yellow and orange spots. There is some webbed skin on the feet. It has disks on its toes for climbing. The disks on the front feet are larger than the disks on the back feet. The frog's belly and sides are orange-yellow in color.

This frog lives in forests and in places near forests that humans have changed. The frog lives on the ground in the dead leaves on the ground. The female frog lays eggs in bits of water high up in the trees. The water is in holes in the trees.

Scientists believe this frog is not in danger of dying out because it lives in such a large place, but they believe people cutting down its forests may harm it. People cut down the forests to make small farms, large palm oil farms, and to collect wood to make charcoal.