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The Australian green tree frog is a member of the family Hylidae and is placed in the subfamily Pelodryadinae, which is endemic to Australia and New Guinea and includes over 100 species in the genera Ranoidea and Nyctimystes. [4] The common name of the species, "White's tree frog", is in honour of John White's first description in 1790.
The white-lipped tree frog reaches 11–14 cm (4.3–5.5 in) in length. [5] Females are larger than males, and have thicker skin in correlation with the difference in body size. [ 6 ] Its dorsal surface is usually bright green, although the colour changes depending on the temperature and background, and can be brown.
Nyctimystes papua, Papua big-eyed tree frog; Nyctimystes perimetri, archipelago big-eyed tree frog; Nyctimystes persimilis, Milne big-eyed tree frog; Nyctimystes semipalmatus, Kokoda big-eyed tree frog; Nyctimystes trachydermis, Morobe big-eyed tree frog; Nyctimystes traunae; Nyctimystes tyleri; Nyctimystes zweifeli, Zweifel's big-eyed tree frog
To some parents, finding out their kid wants a pet frog may be thrilling. To others, it’s unnerving. As it turns out, frogs (and toads) make great pets. Compared to...
The frog's skin is green with some white or light blue spots. The irises are pale gray with yellow rings. The flanks and hind legs are yellow with short black stripes and triangular patterns. The forelegs and much of the front feet are orange. The throat is yellow. Unlike those of most other tree frogs, the belly of C. calcarifer has dark ...
African clawed frogs are fully aquatic and will rarely leave the water except to migrate to new water bodies during droughts or other disturbances. Clawed frogs have powerful legs that help them move quickly both underwater and on land. Feral clawed frogs in South Wales have been found to travel up to 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) between locations. [11]
Gray tree frog on an apple tree, central US. The gray treefrog (Dryophytes versicolor) is a species of small arboreal holarctic tree frog native to much of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada.
Tree frogs are members of these families or genera: Hylidae , or "true" treefrogs, occur in the temperate to tropical parts of Eurasia north of the Himalayas , Australia and the Americas . Rhacophoridae , or shrub frogs, are the treefrogs of tropical regions around the Indian Ocean : Africa , South Asia and Southeast Asia east to Lydekker's line .