---
title: "Malabar Gliding Frog"
description: "Rhacophorus malabaricus — Amphibians. The Malabar gliding frog or Malabar flying frog (Rhacophorus malabaricus) is a rhacophorid tree frog species found in the Western Ghats of India."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/malabar-gliding-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Malabar Gliding Frog

> Rhacophorus malabaricus — Amphibians. The Malabar gliding frog or Malabar flying frog (Rhacophorus malabaricus) is a rhacophorid tree frog species found in the Western Ghats of India.

- Scientific name: *Rhacophorus malabaricus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1490
- Wikidata: [Q2715883](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2715883)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26530](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26530)

## Names

- en: Malabar Gliding Frog
- de: Malabar-Flugfrosch

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1352)

## Summary

The Malabar gliding frog or Malabar flying frog (Rhacophorus malabaricus) is a rhacophorid tree frog species found in the Western Ghats of India.
It is the State amphibian of Kerala.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malabar_gliding_frog

## Photo

![Malabar Gliding Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/malabar-gliding-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Omar Haroon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81335452

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/malabar-gliding-frog?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).