Chiromantis xerampelina
The African grey tree frog, gray tree frog, African gray tree frog, large grey tree frog, foam nest tree frog, southern foam nest tree frog, grey foam-nest frog, great African grey tree frog, foam nest frog, or grey tree frog (Chiromantis xerampelina) is a frog. It lives in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Scientists think it might live in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia too.[2][3][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Chiromantis |
| Species: | C. xerampelina
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| Chiromantis xerampelina Peters, 1854
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This is a large frog. The adult male frog is 43-75 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 60-90 mm long. The skin of the frog's back can be brown, gray, or white. There is much webbed skin on the feet.[3]
People see this frog in grassy land with some trees, places with woody plants smaller than trees, other grassy places, farms, places where animals eat grass, and places where people live, not far from cities. They see this frog between 0 and 1000 meters above sea level.[1]
The female frog finds a small body of water that dries up for part of the year. She lays her eggs there. She lays them in a nest made out of foam.[1][3]
Scientists believe this frog is not in danger of dying out because it lives in a large place. It can live in many kinds of places. Sometimes people catch this frog to sell it as a pet.[1]
First paper
- Peters, W. C. H. (1854). "Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 18. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden". Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1854: 614–628.
Chiromantis Xerampelina Media
An example of a grey foam-nest tree frog nest hanging from a branch.
Color change of the grey foam-nest tree frog from chalky white to dark brown to adapt to temperature changes.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Template:Cite IUCN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Chiromantis xerampelina Peters, 1854". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Arne Schiøtz (December 25, 2000). Kellie Whittaker; Michelle S. Koo (eds.). "Chiromantis xerampelina Peters, 1854". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved April 25, 2024.