http://www.tree-frogs.org Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:14:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A very popular tree frog that is by nature placid and easily tamed, some will readily accept food from humans. Description: This is a large, smooth skinned, heavy bodied tree frog. The color may vary from a very pretty jade to a rather bright green, to olive brown. Some examples have ... http://www.tree-frogs.org/species/the-dumpy-tree-frog.html Color : Varies from light fawn color to dark brown and may be red or ashy in tone. There is a x shaped dark mark between the eyes, an oblique cross on the back, and bars on the legs. The underparts are light in color. The throat of the male ... http://www.tree-frogs.org/species/the-spring-pepper.html Color – Changeable from a color so dark that it is nearly black, to a flesh color. When light, the coloration may be bluish or ash grey, fawn color, or even salmon or red in tone. Iris golden or copper colored. There is a dark stripe which begins at the ... http://www.tree-frogs.org/species/the-swamp-tree-frog-chorus-tree-frog.html Description Leaf frogs are a wonderfully adapted subgroup of neotropical hylid frogs. The red eyed tree frog has taken the pet industry by storm. Normally it has a green dorsum, but the shade of green is variable by temperature, other stresses, as well as the frog’s activity level. The dorsal ... http://www.tree-frogs.org/species/red-eyed-tree-frog.html Description: This is one of the prettiest of the North American tree frogs. The dorsum is usually bright green but may vary from brown to dark forest green. The belly is white. Typically, an enamel white lateral stripe narrowly engaged both above and below by darker pigment is present. This may ... http://www.tree-frogs.org/species/green-tree-frog.html Frogs are small and sometimes have to travel great distances to their breeding ponds. Many of them bypass the ponds with fish in them, for the frogs that try to breed there will not last very long. They may return to the pond where they were transformed from tadpoles, or ... http://www.tree-frogs.org/reproduction/frogs-mating.html In most species, the female frog selects the appropriate calling male and the breeding begins. Sometimes the site that the male is calling from is not a good location for laying eggs. However, he will mount the female anyways. She will usually end up carrying him to the proper nesting ... http://www.tree-frogs.org/reproduction/reproduction-amplexus.html Parental care can be an element of frog reproduction. African bullfrogs and many members of the frog world guard their eggs. Poison dart frogs will look after the eggs and carry the tadpoles. African bullfrogs are famous for the ferocity of their parental instincts. They have been known to attack ... http://www.tree-frogs.org/articles/frog-parents-who-care.html Although today we are well aware of the diversity of frogdom, we still thoroughly enjoy watching the development of a tadpole. Most current field guides help you to identify at least a few of these difficult little creatures. Such a key was one of the noteworthy additions to the latest ... http://www.tree-frogs.org/articles/how-to-identify-tadpoles.html Most frogs spawn in water, where the translucent jelly that protects the eggs absorbs moisture and swells. Some egg clusters form huge masses that spread across the surface of the pond; others become compacted into globular clusters and attach to underwater plants. The fertilized eggs of some frogs are deposited ... http://www.tree-frogs.org/articles/life-cycle-of-a-frog.html