Polypedates megacephalus
| Polypedates megacephalus | |
|---|---|
| Adult at Wu Kau Tang Country Trail (New Territories, Hong Kong) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Polypedates |
| Species: | P. megacephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Polypedates megacephalus Hallowell, 1861 | |
Polypedates megacephalus, the Hong Kong whipping frog or spot-legged tree frog, is a species in the shrub frog family (Rhacophoridae). In its native range, it is also called "brown tree frog", but this name is otherwise applied to a species of the true tree frog family (Hylidae).