Chlorohyla chloris

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

Chlorohyla chloris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pelodryadidae
Genus: Chlorohyla
Species:
C. chloris
Binomial name
Chlorohyla chloris
(Boulenger, 1892)
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)

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.

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

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. 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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Red-eyed tree frog". Australian Museum. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  2. 1 2 J-M Hero (April 5, 2002). "Litoria chloris: Red-eyed Tree Frog". Amphibiaweb. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  3. ↑ Jean-Marc Hero; Ed Meyer; John Clarke (2004). "Litoria chloris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T41083A10385326. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T41083A10385326.en. Retrieved June 17, 2020.