Gray Tree Frogs- Hyla Vesrsicolor

Classification: Phylum-Chordata, Class-Amphibia, Order-Anura, Family-Hylidae, Genus-Hyla. The gray tree frog are located from Manitoba east to Maine and south to northern Florida and central Texas. They are nocturnal frogs. They sleep during the day and at night they look for food. The gray tree frog has many colors on it, green, brown and gray. The color of there skin can have many different patterns. They also can change the color of their skin within seconds. It also change in color by the temperature. If it is cold the skin is a darker color. The color on the frog helps it to blend in with its surrounding like trees that have dark color bark. They live in moist wood areas and swamps near water. They can be all kinds of sizes but mostly they are two inches long. Just like other frogs they have sticky toe pads that help it to cling to objects. The gray tree frog also have a mating call which has a slower trill that is musical. They mate from April to August. The males are very aggressive and defend what is his. The males also are the ones who does the mate calling. The female frogs lay there eggs inside water. When the females lay there eggs there are 2000 eggs in groups of 10 to 40. It take the eggs four to five days to catch. The process of becoming a froglet takes up to two months. This type of frog eats moths, crickets, ants, flies, grasshoppers and beetles.

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