Ranoidea Chloris
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''Ranoidea chloris'', commonly known as the red-eyed tree frog or orange-eyed tree frog, is a species of
tree frog A tree frog (or treefrog) is any species of frog that spends a major portion of its lifespan in trees, known as an arboreal state. Several lineages of frogs among the Neobatrachia suborder have given rise to treefrogs, although they are not clos ...
native to eastern Australia; ranging from south of
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(Nowra area) to Proserpine in mid-northern
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Description

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. It has golden eyes at the centre, which change to red towards the edge of the eye. The intensity of the eye colour is variable between frogs. The tympanum is visible, and a mature frog reaches a size of 65 mm. The
tadpole A tadpole or polliwog (also spelled pollywog) is the Larva, larval stage in the biological life cycle of an amphibian. Most tadpoles are fully Aquatic animal, aquatic, though some species of amphibians have tadpoles that are terrestrial animal, ...
s are generally grey or brown, and can have gold
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along the side. A similar species, the
orange-thighed frog The orange-thighed frog (''Ranoidea xanthomera'') is a species of tree frog native to a small area of tropical northern Queensland, Australia. It has been observed between 100 and 1500 meters above sea level. It is a green frog with distinctly ...
(''Litoria xantheroma'') is found north of Proserpine and has orange on the back of the thighs.


Ecology and behaviour

This species of frog is associated with
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s, wet
sclerophyll Sclerophyll is a type of vegetation that is adapted to long periods of dryness and heat. The plants feature hard leaves, short Internode (botany), internodes (the distance between leaves along the stem) and leaf orientation which is parallel or ...
forests, and woodlands. The call is several long, moaning "aaa-rk" sounds, followed by soft trills. Males call and breeding takes place mostly after rain in temporary ponds, roadside ditches, dams, ponds, and creek offshoots where the water is not flowing.


As a pet

It is kept as a pet. In Australia, this animal may be kept in captivity with the appropriate permit.


References

* Database entry includes a range map and a brief justification of why this species is of least concern *Cogger, H.G. 1979. ''Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia''. A. H. & A. W. REED PTY LTD. *MacMillan, L. 2005
Frog secretions block HIV infections
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Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, New South Wales: Amphibian Keeper's Licence: Species Lists


External links

{{Taxonbar, from=Q940823 Ranoidea (genus) Frogs of Australia Amphibians of Queensland Amphibians of New South Wales Amphibians described in 1892 Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger