2.
Arboreal - adapted for living and moving about in trees. Live on
land and
in trees
3. They
have large disc like structures on the ends of their fingers and
toes
to assist climbing
4. They
also have some webbing on their feet to assist swimming. The
fingers
are one-third webbed and the toes are three-quarters
webbed.
5. Green
tree frogs have long strong hind legs to help them leap and
shorter
front legs for gripping
6.
Predominately nocturnal
7. Green
tree frogs have large eyes to see and hunt in the dark
8. The
iris of the eye is golden
9.
Require water to reproduce
10. Minimum age
at which females are known to first reproduce is 2-3 years
11. Males
stimulate the females to lay eggs by grasping under her armpits
from
behind. This grasp is called amplexus
12. The
external fertilisation of eggs in shallow water is termed
spawning
13. They can
lay anything from 500 – 3000 eggs on the waters surface in
single
sheets/clumps
14. Tadpoles
are the larvae of the frogs
15. Tadpoles
change into frogs by undergoing metamorphosis – developing lungs,
growing legs and absorbing their tail
16. Green Tree
frogs eat live foods that move – crickets, roaches,
grasshoppers,
spiders flies, small lizards and skinks
17. It is
believed they can eat about 20% of their body weight in insects
etc
18. They have
relatively short tongues (for an amphibian)– mechanical
pulling
tongues
19. Green tree
frogs often use their front legs to help push food caught
on
their tongues into their mouths
20. When the
frogs swallow their eyes pull down slightly into the head as
the
swallowing muscle is also attached to the eyes
21. Green tree
frogs have lungs but also breath through their skin
22. Green tree
frogs drink water by absorption through their skin
23. They
produce chemicals that act as insect repellents
24. Green tree
frogs can change the colour of their skin and range from brown
to
bright green
25. Litoria
caerulea can live to 20-25+ years of age
