Hongfo tree frog is an amphibian tree frog family, with a relatively flat body, a slightly blunt snout, a nose distance slightly smaller than the eye distance, a distinct eardrum, short and sturdy forelimbs, suckers at the fingertips, deep notches on the edge of the webbed toes, a green back with sparse milky white dots, milky yellow suckers on the sides and hidden parts of the body and on the fingers and toes, and light yellow on the ventral side. The eggs are small and ivory-colored. Hongfo tree frog is commonly found in mountainous areas at an altitude of about 1,100 meters, and lives on the branches and leaves of shrubs beside small ponds connected to streams. Hongfo tree frog is a species endemic to China, distributed in Dujiangyan and Wenchuan, Sichuan.
The breeding season of Hongfo tree frog is June. Hongfo tree frog lays eggs in mud nests and grasses beside still waters. The egg groups are all buried in foamy follicles. After the eggs hatch, with the liquefied follicles and the flushing of rainwater, the tadpoles fall from the tree into the pond below or flow into the pond below. The tadpoles live in still waters for about 2 to 3 months, metamorphose into young frogs, and land in the grasses to live on land.
Listed in the second level of the "List of National Key Protected Wildlife in China".
