Hyla cinerea

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Prefers swamps and forested wetlands with ample ground cover and aquatic vegetation, where it can be found among floating plants or in the vegetation around the water.

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 42 meters (138 feet).[1]

Ecology: Swamps , marshes, and the edges of ponds , lakes , and streams , particularly where there is abundant floating and emergent vegetation . During daytime, rests among cattail blades or other leaves or shaded branches. Eggs and larvae develop in shallow, still water . Males call while perched on plants next to water (up to 5m above surface) or while sitting on floating plants. Larvae occur mainly in dense floating vegetation.[2].

List of Habitats :

•     5    Wetlands (inland)  
  
•     5.4    Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps, Fens , Peatlands  
  
•     5.7    Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)  
  
•     5.8    Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)  

Biology

Diet

An opportunistic feeder and eats small insects and other invertebrates .

Reproduction

This frog breeds from March through October. Fertilization is external. Females lay up to 400 eggs in shallow water with aquatic vegetation. Hatching occurs within a week and transformation occurs in two months.

From a distance , their call sounds like a cowbell. Calling and egg-laying are particularly frequent after rainstorms.

This species interbreeds with the Barking Treefrog. The resulting hybrid is much stockier than the Green Treefrog, but has the Green Treefrog's coloration .

Behavior

During the day, the Green Treefrog likes to hide under waterside vegetation or in other moist, shady areas. Supposedly, this species prefers to walk rather than jump. Known as the "rain frog" due to the fact that it mostly calls during damp weather. They tend to congregate in extremely large groups.

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Calamita cinereus Schneider • Hyla cinerea cinerea (Schneider • Hyla cinerea evittata Miller

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Schneider, J. G. Historiae Amphibiorum narturalis et literariae. Fasciculus primus, continens Ranas. Calamitas, Bufones, Salamandras et Hydros . Jena, 266 S., 1799.

Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009

Similar Species

Members of the genus Hyla

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 145 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

H. albofrenata (White-Fronted Treefrog) · H. alboguttata (Whitebelly Treefrog) · H. albomarginata (White-Banded Tree Frog) · H. albopunctata (Spotted Treefrog) · H. albosignata (Lutz's Treefrog) · H. allenorum (Cuzco Reserve Treefrog) · H. anceps (Estrella Treefrog) · H. andersoni (Pine Barrens Treefrog) · H. andersonii (Pine Barrens Tree Frog) · H. annectans (Assam Treefrog) · H. aperomea (Balzapata Treefrog) · H. arborea (European Tree Frog) · H. arborea arborea (European Tree Frog) · H. arborescandens (Lesser Bromeliad Treefrog) · H. arenicolor (Canyon Treefrog) · H. arildae (Teresopolis Treefrog) · H. armata (Armed Treefrog) · H. astartea (Paranapiacaba Treefrog) · H. avivoca (Whistling Tree Frog) · H. avivoca avivoca (Bird-Voiced Treefrog) · H. balzani (Yungas Treefrog) · H. benitezi (Benitez's Treefrog) · H. berthalutzae (Bertha's Treefrog) · H. bifurca (Upper Amazon Treefrog) · H. biobeba (Brazilian Treefrog) · H. bipunctata (Two-Spotted Treefrog) · H. bischoffi (Bischoff's Treefrog) · H. bistincta (Mexican Fringe-Limbed Treefrog) · H. boans (Giant Gladiator Treefrog) · H. brevifrons (Crump Treefrog) · H. bromeliacia (Bromeliad Treefrog) · H. cadaverina (California Chorus Frog) · H. caingua (Striped Treefrog) · H. callipygia (Bocaina Treefrog) · H. carnifex (Executioner Treefrog) · H. cavicola (Cruz's Treefrog) · H. charazani (Charazani Treefrog) · H. chinensis (Chinese Tree Toad) · H. chrysocelis (Southern Gray Treefrog) · H. chrysoscelis (Southern Gray Treefrog) · H. cinerea (Green Tree Frog) · H. circumdata (Espirito Santo Treefrog) · H. colymba (La Loma Treefrog) · H. crepitans (Emerald-Eyed Treefrog) · H. dentei (Amapa Treefrog) · H. ebraccata (Hourglass Treefrog) · H. elegans (Elegant Forest Treefrog) · H. euphorbiacea (Southern Highland Treefrog) · H. eximia (Madrean Treefrog) · H. faber (Blacksmith Treefrog) · H. fasciata (Gunther's Banded Treefrog) · H. femoralis (Pine Woods Tree Frog) · H. geographica (Map Treefrog) · H. giesleri (Giesler's Treefrog) · H. godmani (Godman's Treefrog) · H. granosa (Demerara Falls Treefrog) · H. gratiosa (Barking Treefrog) · H. guentheri (Gunther's Brazilian Treefrog) · H. heilprini (Los Bracitos Treefrog) · H. hylax (Atlantic Forest Treefrog) · H. intermedia (Italian Tree Frog) · H. japonica (Japanese Tree Frog) · H. kanaima (Kanaima Treefrog) · H. koechlini (Koechlin's Treefrog) · H. labialis (Green Dotted Treefrog) · H. lancasteri (Lancaster's Treefrog) · H. lascinia (Tabor Treefrog) · H. leali (Leal's Treefrog) · H. lemai (Lema Treefrog) · H. leptolineata (Fine-Lined Treefrog) · H. leucophyllata (Bereis' Treefrog) · H. leucopygia (Guinle Treefrog) · H. lindae (Linda's Treefrog) · H. loquax (Loquacious Treefrog) · H. marginata (Mundo Novo Treefrog) · H. marianae (Spaldings Treefrog) · H. marmorata (Marbled Treefrog) · H. martinsi (Martin's Treefrog) · H. melanomma (Black-Eyed Treefrog) · H. meridionalis (Mediterranean Tree Frog) · H. microcephala (Yellow Cricket Treefrog) · H. microcephala microcephala (Yellow Cricket Treefrog) · H. microderma (Smallskin Treefrog) · H. miliaria (Cope's Brown Treefrog) · H. minuscula (Rivero's Tiny Treefrog) · H. minuta (Lesser Treefrog) · H. miotympanum (Small-Eared Treefrog) · H. mixe (Mixe Treefrog) · H. miyatai (Hosteria La Selva Treefrog) · H. multifasciata (Many-Banded Treefrog) · H. nana (Dwarf Treefrog) · H. ornatissima (Ornate Treefrog) · H. pacha (Morona-Santiago Treefrog) · H. palmeri (Palmer's Treefrog) · H. pardalis (Leopard Treefrog) · H. parviceps (Sarayacu Treefrog) · H. pelidna (Betania Treefrog) · H. pentheter (Mourning Treefrog) · H. perkinsi (Perkins' Treefrog) · H. phyllognatha (Roque Treefrog)

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
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• Geoffrey Hammerson, Blair Hedges 2004. Hyla cinerea. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed July 28, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Hammerson, G. and Hedges, B. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 26048
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-173505
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14367403
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 173505
• IUCN ID: 215025
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AAABC02060
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 324

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 178.930 based on 33 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Geoffrey Hammerson, Blair Hedges 2004. Hyla cinerea. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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