Red-eyed Tree Frog
Agalychnis callidryas
Amphibia
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Up to 5 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Insectivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- Central America
- Movement
- Climbing
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Warning Colors
- Status
- Uncommon
About
The red-eyed tree frog flashes its startling scarlet eyes when disturbed, momentarily freezing predators in a defence strategy called startle coloration. Native to Central American rainforests, it spends its nights hunting insects high in the canopy, gripping leaves with large adhesive toe pads.
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
- Phyllomedusidae
- Genus
- Agalychnis
- Species
- Agalychnis callidryas