Green Tree Frog
Hyla cinerea
Summary 5
The American green tree frog (Hyla cinerea) is a common species of New World tree frog belonging to the genus Hyla. A common backyard species, it is popular as a pet, and is the state amphibian of Georgia and Louisiana. Hyla comes from Greek meaning "belonging to the woods". Cinerea comes from Latin and means "ash-colored", referring to color of a preserved specimen.
Physical Description 6
The green tree frog is 1¼ to 2½ inches long. It is bright green, greenish gray or yellow green. Its color varies depending on temperature and activity. It is sometimes yellower when it is calling, and it may be a duller green or gray when it is cooler or when it is resting. It has a light cream or green belly and it may have a light white or yellowish stripe that runs from its jaw along the side of its body. The stripe can be longer on one side of its body than it is on the other. It has long toes with big, sticky toe pads that help it cling to plants. Some green tree frogs have gold spots on their backs.
Reproduction 6
The green tree frog breeds from March to October in southern areas and from April to September in northern areas. Age at first reproduction is typically less than or about 1 year. Large groups of males, sometimes numbering in the hundreds or even thousands, will gather in breeding sites and call out to attract females. Females will lay up to 400 eggs in shallow water with aquatic plants. Males fertilize the eggs by discharging sperm onto them. The tadpoles hatch in about a week and become frogs in two months.
Habitat 6
The green tree frog can be found in marshes; wet prairies; cypress swamps and along the edges of lakes, ponds and streams. It likes spots with lots of ground cover and aquatic vegetation. It often can be found among floating plants or in the vegetation around the water. It can also be found in trees and shrubs that grow near the water. During the day, it often sleeps on the undersides of leaves or in other moist, shady places. At night, it can sometimes be found looking for insects that are attracted by the lights as it clings to the window sills of houses and buildings.
They occasionally will enter brackish water
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/greentreefrog.htm
http://www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com/amphibians/frogsandtoads/green-treefrog/green_treefrog.php
Fontes e Créditos
- (c) Saunders Drukker, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Saunders Drukker
- (c) Peter Paplanus, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/2ndpeter/44546807095/
- (c) Richard Crook, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/richardwc/5617749170/
- (c) Gabriel Kamener, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/gkamener/4226377957/
- Adaptado por TaelorJones de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyla_cinerea
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