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Green Tree Frog

"Hyla cinerea"

By: DCK

Fun Facts | Art and Poetry | Works Cited

Kingdom: Animmalia

body made up of cells organized into tissue
distinctive stages
most reproduce rapidly
diploid
distinctive stages
ingest food and digest in an internal cavity

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Phylum: Chordata

bilateral symmetry
segmented body
three germ layers and a well developed coelom
single, dorsal, hollow nerve cord
pharyngeal pouches appear at some stages
ventral heart, with dorsal and ventral blood vessel and closed blood system

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Class: Lissamphibia

moist permeable skin
green rods
structure of leator bulbi muscle
papilla ampibiourum
operculum- plectrum complex
pedicel late teeth

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Order: Anura

hopping method
skeleton has reduced bone structure
absence of tail in adult form
adult has outwardly apparent neck
lay thousands of eggs
whole body lacks skeleton

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Family: Hyilade

adhesive disk on tip of each clawlike toe
song of reproduction
small slender, and long legged
most lay eggs in water
horizontal eyes
small size less than 2.25 inches

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Genus and Species: Hyla cinerea

bright green
eyes golden brown
white or yellow stripe down either side of body
live in watery areas
eats insects
breeds from April 15- August 15

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Fun Facts

Some frogs can jump as much as 20 times their own length.

Some types of frogs have a round iris in their eyes, but some have horizontal slits, some have vertical slits, and some are even triangular or heart-shaped.

Because frogs have eyes and nostrils that are on the tops of their heads, they can see and breathe while the rest of the body is under water. Adult frogs breathe with lungs, but also absorb oxygen through their skin.

There are over 4000 species of frogs in the world, though only 88 species in the US and Canada. They are all over the world, except for Antarctica and Iceland.

Some tree frogs live their whole lives in the trees, and never come down. They even lay their eggs in the tree branches or on leaves.

Some frogs lay as many as 25000 eggs while others may lay as few as 4.

Some frogs pretend that they're dead when attacked - which helps when the predator only eats live prey or hunts by movement.

Amphibians must shed their skin as they enlarge in size. The old skin is discarded like a piece of clothing that has become too tight. Usually the shed skin is eaten.

Under the water, a frog's eye is protected by an extra transparent eye lid called a nictitating membrane.

Frog bones form a growth ring every year when the frog is hibernating. Scientists can count these rings to discover the age of the frog.

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Art and Poetry

Tiny

Radiant colors

Eats insects

Eyes golden brown

Found in trees

Round, big eyes

On top of moss in big green trees

Green in color to stand out

Links to Cool Sites About Frogs

Pacific Tree Frog Facts

Forest Green Tree Frog

Froggy Kids

The Green Tree Frog's Habitat

Works Cited

Colour Slide Gallery. Para District Photographic Society Inc. . 11 Feb. 04
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Betten, J.. Animal Diversity Web. 1995. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
<http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Hyla_cinerea.html>.

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