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North America has many species of the family Hylidae, including the gray tree frog (Hyla versicolor) and the American green tree frog (H. cinerea). The spring peeper ( Pseudacris crucifer ) is also widespread in the eastern United States and is commonly heard on spring and summer evenings.
Pseudacris (commonly known as the chorus frogs) is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae found in North America ranging from the Pacific coastline to the Atlantic.. The name of the genus comes from the Greek pseudes (false) and akris (), probably a reference to the repeated rasping trill of most chorus frogs, which is similar to that of the insect.
Much of their diets consists of spiders, beetles, flies, ants, and other insects and arthropods; they can and do eat insects that are almost as large as they are, and will expand their bodies slightly to accommodate these meals. When they sense potential food nearby, they commonly twitch a toe to attract it to within easy reach of their tongues.
The Sierran chorus frog or Sierran treefrog (Pseudacris sierra) is native to the state of California, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, and Montana. [2] [3] It has a range from the West Coast of the United States from Central California inland through Idaho.
The diet of Cope's gray treefrog primarily consists of insects such as moths, mites, spiders, plant lice, and harvestmen. Snails have also been observed as a food source. Like most frogs, Dryophytes chrysocelis is an opportunistic feeder and may also eat smaller frogs, including other treefrogs. [24]
Blanchard's cricket frog (Acris blanchardi) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is a small, dark colored frog that is threatened or endangered in Michigan , Wisconsin , and Minnesota . Studies have been done to see why the population of the frog is beginning to decrease in those states.
Cricket frogs, genus Acris, are small, North American frogs of the family Hylidae. [1] [2] They occur in northern Mexico , the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, and in southern Ontario, Canada. [1] They are more aquatic than other members of the family, and are generally associated with permanent bodies of water with surface vegetation.
The bromeliad tree frog (Bromeliohyla bromeliacia) is a species of frogs in the family Hylidae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and southern Mexico. [2] In Spanish, this frog is known as rana arborícula de bromelia. [1] This frog used to be classified as Hyla bromeliacia before it was moved to the newly formed genus Bromeliohyla in ...