| Gray tree frog | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Dryophytes |
| Species: | D. versicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Dryophytes versicolor (LeConte, 1825) | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Thenorthern tree toad, known aschangeable tree toad, chameleon hyla, chameleon tree toad, common tree toad, common tree frog, dusky tree toad, rain toad, eastern common tree frog, gray tree frog, oreastern gray tree frog (Dryophytes versicolor) is afrog that lives in theNorth America. It lives in theUnited States andCanada. It lives as far west asTexas, as far east asVirginia and as far north asOntario.[3][1]
The adult male frog is 3.1 to 5.1 cm long from nose to rear end, and the adult female frog is 3.3 to 6.0 cm long. This frog can change color. It does this to make itself harder to see. Scientists call thismetachrosis. This frog can be light green, gray-green, brown, or dark brown in color. It takes the frog about half an hour to change from one color to another. There is a white or olive spot under each eye. Some of these frogs have a white spot on their backs. There is orange-yellow color on their legs. The yellow only shows when the frog jumps. Scientists call this "flash" color.[1]
The female frog lays 30-40 eggs at a time. The tadpoles can breathe by sucking bubbles down from the surface. Older tadpolesjump out of the water to breathe like a whale.[1]
This frog climbs very high into the trees to look for food. It spends time high in the tree'scanopy.[1]
This frog can survive being frozen.[1]
