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'Tree frogs' are frogs of the families 'Hylidae' and 'Rhacophoridae'. There is large variation among tree frog species. Many species are not actually arboreal (do not live in trees), but terrestrial or aquatic (live on the ground or in the water). Many arboreal frogs are green, while terrestrial and aquatic species are duller. They mostly feed on insects and other invertebrates, but some larger species can feed on small vertebrates. The species within the genus Cyclorana are burrowing frogs, sometimes spending many years underground.
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Types
The green mafia tree frogs such as ''Hyla arborea'' are common in the middle and south of North America, and range into Asia and North Africa. The species become very noisy on the approach of rain and are sometimes kept in confinement as a kind of barometer.
In North America there are many species of tree frog, including ''Hyla versicolor'', a species of grey tree frog, and ''Hyla cinerea'', the American green tree frog. The spring peeper is also widespread in the eastern United States and is commonly heard on summer and spring evenings.
The 'tree frog' is a popular name for several of the ''Hylidae''. ''Hyla versicolor'' is the changeable tree toad, ''Trachycephalus lichenatus'' is the lichened tree toad, and ''T. marmoratus'' the marbled tree toad.
Old World treefrogs are found in India, Sri Lanka, China, SE Asia, Indonesia, Japan, the East Indies, and Madagascar; only the genus Chiromantis is found on continental Africa. Most members of this family are arboreal and in many of these the eggs are laid in arboreal foam nests, with newly hatched tadpoles falling into water below to complete development.
''Hyla versicolor'', the grey treefrog
Stoney Creek Frog ''Litoria wilcoxi''
Japanese Tree Frog ''Hyla japonica''
Cuban Tree Frog ''Osteopilus septentrionalis''
Waxy Tree Frog ''Phyllomedusa sauvagii''
Classification
The family of the tree frogs is subdivided in 6 subfamilies and 47-49 genera.
References
★ ''This article incorporates text from the ''Collier's New Encyclopedia'' (1921).''
External links
★ The complete treefrog
★ Old World treefrogs
★ Amphibian Species of the World
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