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The gray tree frog is a small frog native to the eastern U.S. and parts of southeastern Canada. An adult can grow to a length of nearly three inches. This frog has the sense to climb high into ...
The red-eyed tree frog, as its name implies, has some pretty striking orbs. But those peepers can also be beacons for predators when the amphibian just wants to chill. So the Central America native ...
Natural camouflage is one of nature’s greatest gifts in the animal kingdom. Sure, some animals have deadly toxins or surgically sharp claws, but these are active forms of defense. Camouflage is ...
Many animals possess the fascinating ability to change colour. Chameleons adjust nanocrystals for temperature control and ...
In fact, even more species of tree frogs in the Litoria genus were discovered in 2019, including one named after its Pinnochio-like nose, another given a name translating to "cheeky monkey", and ...
The bright blue hue comes not through choice but a super-rare genetic mutation, which blocks that yellow pigmentation. For a tree frog that grows up to 12 cm (5 in), camouflage is crucial to avoid ...
Remember that frog that we thought was a stone? Grey tree frogs like that one can perform the trick too. It takes them a while to change color, but they can do it.
The gray tree frog, Hyla versicolor, is very abundant throughout the Poconos, especially along river bottomlands and forested lakes, ponds and marshes.Gray tree frogs typically visit these bodies ...
In Ohio, the gray tree frog can change its color the most dramatically. Typically, gray tree frogs are a gray-green color to camouflage with the lichens that grow on trees.