White's Tree Frog

• It is one of the longest-lived frogs known and, being so docile, one of the most popular pet amphibians in the world.
• It eats insects and other invertebrates, and occasionally small vertebrates.
• It lives in tropical forest and suburbs of Australia and southern New Guinea.
• fisiologíaIt can live several years in captivity and stores water under its skin in lymph sacs, which lets it ride out dry spells.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (amphibian)

Habitat and environment

Tropical forest and suburbs of Australia and southern New Guinea; introduced to New Zealand and Florida

Birth weight

A tadpole a few millimetres long on hatching; metamorphosis in 2-3 weeks

Size at birth

Tiny on hatching from the egg

Sexual maturity

~2 years

Gestation / incubation

1-3 days of egg development

Litter / clutch size

150 to 300 eggs per clutch, expelled hard enough to pass through the cloud of sperm

Life expectancy in captivity

Average of 16 years in captivity (documented record of up to 21 years)

Sources consulted: Reptipedia (Fandom) · Utica Zoo · Josh's Frogs · FrogFather · Animal Diversity Web · Reptiles Magazine · Smithsonian National Zoo · Reptiles N Critters · LegaSea Aquarium

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.