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The American green tree frog became the state amphibian of Louisiana in 1997 [32] and of Georgia in 2005. [33] [34] American green tree frogs can also be used as bioindicators for aquatic contamination. Synthetic compounds such as polychlorinated biphenyls are found in many pesticides and pollute the green tree frog's aquatic habitats.
Ghatixalus variabilis is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India. [2] It has a number of common names, including green tree frog, [2] though it is terrestrial rather than arboreal in its life style. [3]
Z. prasinatus is the largest tree frog in Taiwan; the adult female frog can be 65 mm (2.6 in) to 77 mm (3.0 in) in snout-vent length. [3] The adult male frog is about 48 mm (1.9 in) to 63 mm (2.5 in) mm long. This frog is green in color with a yellow stripe on each side and a white belly.
An Italian tree frog (Hyla intermedia) with an inflated vocal sac. Vocal sacs, flexible membranes of skin possessed by most male frogs, are generally used to amplify mating or advertisement calls. However, some species in the family Rhinodermatidae may also use the sac to store or transport their tadpoles.
Zhangixalus owstoni or Owston's green tree frog is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae which is endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, and irrigated land. It is threatened by habitat ...
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.
Canyon tree frog: Dryophytes avivocus (Viosca, 1928) Bird-voiced treefrog: Dryophytes bocourti (Mocquard, 1899) Bocourt's tree frog: Dryophytes chrysoscelis (Cope, 1880) Cope's gray treefrog: Dryophytes cinereus (Schneider, 1799) American green tree frog: Dryophytes euphorbiaceus (Günther, 1858) Southern highland tree frog: Dryophytes eximius ...
Zhangixalus arboreus, also known as the forest green tree frog and Kinugasa flying frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Japan, where it has been observed on Honshu island, between 10 and 2350 meters above sea level.