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Agalychnis taylori, commonly known as the red-eyed tree frog or Taylor's leaf frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. It was originally described as a subspecies of Agalychnis callidryas in 1957. In 1967 it was synonymized with Agalychnis callidryas by Savage and Heyer.
Red-eyed tree frog embryos use natural day and night light cycles as a signal for when to hatch, and tend to hatch just after nightfall. [27] Red-eyed tree frog eggs may hatch early (exhibiting phenotypic plasticity) when a change in the environment signals a danger to their survival. [28] Dragonflies, fish, and water beetles prey on the tadpoles.
Red-eyed tree frog: Mexico, through Central America, to Colombia Agalychnis dacnicolor (Cope, 1864) Mexican leaf frog: Mexico Agalychnis danieli (Ruiz-Carranza, Hernández-Camacho, and Rueda-Almonacid, 1988) Antioquia leaf frog: Colombia Agalychnis hulli (Duellman and Mendelson, 1995) Cat-eyed frog: North-eastern Peru, possibly in nearby Ecuador
The name ruberoculatus comes from the Latin words ruber for "red" and oculatus for "having eyes." [3]The red-eyed snouted tree frog is distinguishable from other frogs Scinax by its small size: The adult male frog measures 22.6–25.9 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 25.4–27.5 mm.
Tree frogs typically have well-developed discs at the finger and toe tips, they rely on several attachment mechanisms that vary with circumstances, tree frogs require static and dynamic, adhesive and frictional, reversible and repeatable force generation; the fingers and toes themselves, as well as the limbs, tend to be rather small, resulting ...
Red-eyed frog may refer to: Red-eyed stream frog (Duellmanohyla uranochroa), a frog in the family Hylidae found in Costa Rica and Panama; Red-eyed tree frog (disambiguation) Agalychnis callidryas, native to Central America and Colombia; Agalychnis taylori, native to Mexico and Central America; Ranoidea chloris, native to Australia
The European tree frog (Hyla arborea) is common in the middle and south of Europe, and its range extends into Asia and North Africa. North America has many species of the family Hylidae, including the gray tree frog ( Hyla versicolor ) and the American green tree frog ( H. cinerea ).
The red-eyed tree frog is a uniform bright green above, occasionally with yellow spots, and bright yellow on the underside. The front sides of the arms and legs are green, while the underside is yellow or white. The thighs may be blue/purple to blue/black in colour in adults.