American Green Treefrog
Dryophytes cinereus
The American Green Treefrog is distinguished from other tree frogs by its green skin, white belly, and white stripe on its side.
There are over 800 species of tree frog, all sharing a claw shaped toe bone called a terminal phalanx and toe pads for climbing.
It is an amphibian, meaning it breathes through its skin and has an aquatic life stage, the tadpole.
Tree frogs require a very moist and warm environment, making them a difficult species to keep in captivity.
Females tend to be larger than males and their size has been observed to also determine the number of eggs they are able to lay.
Their call sounds like a series of metallic honks or a barking dog.
Green tree frogs are active at night, and prefer to climb rather than jump.
Females will lay 1 to 3 clutches of 400 eggs each in just one season. Tadpoles emerge from the 5 day old eggs with external gills. After 3 weeks, they loose the external gills for internal gills. Tadpoles begin to grow legs at 8-10 weeks old. Around 13 weeks old, the tadpole has completed metamorphosis.
HERE AT ALAMEDA:
We have one American Green Tree frog. He is a male and his name is Ziggy It loves to hide among the leaves of the plant and eats a medium cricket about once a week. He can turn dark and blend in with the background , usually he just hides on the leaves.