Stats

Lifespan

3-5 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Freshwater wetland

Range

Sub-Saharan Africa

Movement

Climbing

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Rare

About

A small, brilliantly lime-green tree frog native to the forests and wetlands of West and Central Africa, where it calls from reed beds at night. Despite its vivid colouration, its belly is pale cream, and it grips vertical stems with adhesive toe pads powerful enough to walk upside-down on glass.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A jelly-coated egg is laid in water and develops over days into an aquatic larva.
2. 2.
   tadpole

   A gilled tadpole swims and grazes on algae, slowly absorbing its tail and growing limbs.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A near-adult amphibian leaves the water with new legs and lungs, smaller than the mature form.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown at adult size, breathing air.

Learn more

• View on iNaturalist →

Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Hyperoliidae

Genus

Hyperolius

Species

Hyperolius fusciventris