Tree frog

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iTree frogs

Red-eyed Tree Frog, Agalychnis callidryas

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815

Distribution of Hylidae (in black)

Genera

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Tree frogs are frogs of the family Hylidae. There is large variation within the tree frogs. Many of the arboreal frogs are green in colour, whereas the terrestrial and aquatic species are duller. They mostly feed on insects, however some of the larger species can feed on small vertebrates. Many of the tree frogs are not arboreal and can be terrestrial or aquatic. The species within the genus Cyclorana are burrowing frogs, sometimes spending many years underground.

1 Types
2 Classification
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Types

The European 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 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, and T. marmoratus the marbled tree toad.

[edit] Classification

The family of the tree frogs is subdivided in 4 subfamilies and 37-39 genera.

Pelodryadinae (Austro-Papuan tree frogs)
- Cyclorana
- Litoria
- Nyctimystes
Phyllomedusinae (Leaf frogs)
- Agalychnis
- Cruziohyla
- Hylomantis
- Pachymedusa