Treefrogs

All 4 species of treefrogs on WAnimals

Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Conservation status

Where they live

Recorded in 61 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

Where to see them

Did you know…?

• Its choruses are among the densest in the Neotropics: hundreds of males calling at once from the vegetation over a pool make a noise that makes conversation difficult a few metres away.

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• The males time their calls so as not to overlap with their neighbour, alternating within microseconds so that each is audible separately to the females.

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• It is one of the most abundant frogs in the ditches and pools of tropical America, and it benefits from the waterlogged areas created by roads and clearance.

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• The night chorus of calling males carries several hundred metres, despite how small the frog is.

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• It eats small insects and other invertebrates.

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• It lives in woodland, hedgerows, gardens and ground near standing water across much of Europe.

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• It can shift in tone between bright green, bluish and yellowish with temperature and humidity.

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Ecosystems