'Tree frogs' are
frogs of the
families 'Hylidae' and 'Rhacophoridae'. There is large variation among tree frog species. Many species are not actually arboreal (do not live in trees), but terrestrial or aquatic (live on the ground or in the water). Many arboreal frogs are green, while terrestrial and aquatic species are duller. They mostly feed on insects and other
invertebrates, but some larger species can feed on small
vertebrates. The species within the genus
Cyclorana are burrowing frogs, sometimes spending many years underground.
Types
The green mafia tree frogs such as ''
Hyla arborea'' are common in the middle and south of North America, and range into
Asia and
North Africa. The species become very noisy on the approach of rain and are sometimes kept in confinement as a kind of
barometer.
In
North America there are many species of tree frog, including ''
Hyla versicolor'', a species of grey tree frog, and ''Hyla cinerea'', the
American green tree frog. The
spring peeper is also widespread in the eastern
United States and is commonly heard on
summer and
spring evenings.
The 'tree frog' is a popular name for several of the ''Hylidae''. ''Hyla versicolor'' is the
changeable tree toad, ''Trachycephalus lichenatus'' is the
lichened tree toad, and ''T. marmoratus'' the
marbled tree toad.
Old World treefrogs are found in India, Sri Lanka, China, SE Asia, Indonesia, Japan, the East Indies, and Madagascar; only the genus Chiromantis is found on continental Africa. Most members of this family are arboreal and in many of these the eggs are laid in arboreal foam nests, with newly hatched tadpoles falling into water below to complete development.
stuff
Classification
The family of the tree frogs is subdivided in 6 subfamilies and 47-49 genera.
References
★ ''This article incorporates text from the ''Collier's New Encyclopedia'' (1921).''
External links
★
The complete treefrog
★
Old World treefrogs
★
Amphibian Species of the World
العربية
中国
Français
Deutsch
Ελληνική
हिन्दी
Italiano
日本語
Português
Русский
Español
