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Cruziohyla calcarifer, the splendid leaf frog or splendid treefrog, is a species of tree frog of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae described in 1902 by George Albert Boulenger. It has a distribution from Esmeraldas Province in northwestern Ecuador, through western Colombia and Panama to the most southerly part of Costa Rica.
The painted tree frog (Tlalocohyla picta) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forests, ponds, and canals and ditches.
The yellow-spotted tree frog is pale green with bronze patches that highlight dark spots. It has entirely webbed toes and is set apart from other frogs by the cream markings on its thighs.
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 .
The American green tree frog is also prone to a few parasites, including nematodes, protozoans, and trematodes. [28] Contrary to most amphibians, the American green tree frog is not easily susceptible to the Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) pathogen and the disease chytridiomycosis. Reasons explaining why are relatively unknown, but one ...
The species was described in 2018 by zoologist Andrew Gray, [4] and is named after his granddaughter. It can be distinguished from the closely related C. calcarifer (Splendid Tree Frog) by having small green lichen-like markings on its dorsal surfaces rather than white or pale blue spots and lacking characteristic dark ventral markings found on the under-thighs of C. calcarifer which are ...
The magnificent tree frog is a relatively large tree frog, with the males reaching a length of 10.4 cm (4.1 in) and the females 10.6 cm (4.2 in). [2] [3] They have olive to bright green dorsal surfaces with white ventral surfaces. The undersides of the feet and legs are bright yellow.
The barking tree frog is known for its loud, strident, barking call. It may also utter a repetitive single-syllable mating call. The calls of the barking tree frog sound like a church bell and have been described as "tonk" and "doonk". [6] It has been known to chorus with other frogs of the same and similar species.