Pine Barrens tree frog

The Pine Barrens tree frog, Anderson's hyla, Anderson's tree toad, or Anderson's tree frog (Dryophytes andersonii) is a frog that lives in the North America. It lives in two places: New Jersey and North Carolina. It is named after the Pine Barrens in southern New Jersey.[3][1]

Pine Barrens tree frog
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Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Dryophytes
Species:
D. andersonii
Binomial name
Dryophytes andersonii
(Baird, 1854)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hyla andersonii (Baird, 1854)
  • Hyla (Dryophytes) andersonii (Fouquette and Dubois, 2014)
  • Dryophytes andersonii (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)

The adult frog is about 3.8 cm long from nose to rear end. The frog's skin is green with a purple stripe. There is orange color on the frog's legs. There is some webbing on the frog's hind feet but none on the front feet.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 April Robinson (February 2, 2001). "Hyla andersonii: Pine Barrens Treefrog Subgenus: Dryophytes". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  2. Template:Cite IUCN
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Dryophytes andersonii (Baird 1854)". Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved December 30, 2021.