Chlorohyla chloris

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For another species commonly known as the red-eyed tree frog, see Agalychnis callidryas

Chlorohyla chloris, commonly known as the red-eyed tree frog or orange-eyed tree frog, is a frog from eastern Australia. It lives in forests, wetlands and sometimes cities.[1][2][3]

Chlorohyla chloris
Red-eyed Tree Frog - Litoria chloris edit1.jpg
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Chlorohyla
Species:
C. chloris
Binomial name
Chlorohyla chloris
(Boulenger, 1892)
Chloris distrib.PNG
Spread of the red-eyed tree frog
Synonyms
  • Hyla chloris (Boulenger, 1892)
  • Litoria chloris (Tyler, 1971)
  • Dryomantis chloris
    (Wells and Wellington, 1985)
  • Dryopsophus chloris (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)
  • Ranoidea chloris (Duellman, Marion, and Hedges, 2016)

Adult frogs look for food at night and spend most of their time in trees.[1]

They lay their eggs in permanent or temporary bodies of water, so the tadpoles must grow into frogs quickly or they will die when their homes dry up.[2] The tadpoles start out yellow but become green as they grow. Red-eyed tree frog tadpoles can jump out of the water to catch flying insects.[1]

Chlorohyla Chloris Media

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Red-eyed tree frogAustralian Museum. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 J-M Hero. Litoria chloris: Red-eyed Tree Frog (April 5, 2002)Amphibiaweb. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  3. Jean-Marc Hero. Litoria chloris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004 (2004). p. e.T41083A10385326. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41083A10385326.en. Retrieved June 17, 2020.