California Tree Frog
Pseudacris cadaverina
Amphibia
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 5-7 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Insectivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Freshwater wetland
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Hopping
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Uncommon
About
The California Tree Frog is a small frog native to rocky stream canyons along the western slopes of the Peninsular Ranges. It can rapidly shift its skin color to match surrounding granite—gray, brown, or greenish—making it nearly invisible on the boulders it calls home.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA jelly-coated egg is laid in water and develops over days into an aquatic larva.
- 2.tadpoleA gilled tadpole swims and grazes on algae, slowly absorbing its tail and growing limbs.
- 3.juvenileA near-adult amphibian leaves the water with new legs and lungs, smaller than the mature form.
- 4.adultFully grown at adult size, breathing air.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hylidae
- Genus
- Pseudacris
- Species
- Pseudacris cadaverina