What is a red eye tree frog?

Red eye tree frog or red-eyed tree-scientific name Agalachnis callidryas -is a strikingly colored small night inhabitant of the rainforests of South America and Central America, as well as the southern Mexico. The population of the tree is characterized by its huge, shocking red eyes, clearly neon green body and red or orange legs. The sides of the red eye tree frog are the sky blue marked with brilliant yellow stripes and its lower abdomen and legs are bright blue. Each tip on the tip of the Red Eye Tree Frog is a small suction cup and these creatures are excellent sweepers living most of their lives in the trees. This small animal is so adept in the canopies that it is nicknamed the monkey. Males are slightly smaller at 2 inches (5 cm). The red eye tree frog is carnivorous and eats practically anything that fits in the mouth, including crickets and other insects and even smaller frogs. Men's frogs begin with this process trembling and screaming, often in the settlement and trying to attract a friend. SausageMCI will often fight for the territory and knock each other from branches.

Once a woman is located, several men can mount her back. A woman must carry all the men around, sometimes for a day or more, during which some or most men could fall. When a woman is ready, she lays eggs called a clutch, on the underside of a leaf that goes beyond the pond or stream. He must do so to support the weight of at least one man on his back and sometimes several. When he puts eggs, the man inseminates them.

After laying eggs, the woman must enter the water to replenish her bladder so that her next clutch is not dry. Again, the man remains attached while taking her swim, but often fighting for a woman. When a woman emerges from the water, she can have another man attached. The new man fertilizes her next clutch.

tiny tadpoles develop inside the egg clutch. Once they mature, they will swim intensely until the eggswill not break. The water in the bag is washed on the leaf until it develops into water, where they develop into frogs over the next 75 to 80 days. When small frogs appear, they will be brown, but soon they develop their characteristic color.

In general, it is believed that the clear color of the red eye frog, called the frightened color , is a defensive mechanism against predators. When the frog sleeps with inserted legs and closed eyes during the day, it blends perfectly into the leaves on which they sit. If something should be disrupted, or it will devise a danger, it is open to large red eyes or the flashing color from its sides Could to slip through the predator for a fraction of a second that takes the agile small frog to jump into safety. Some believe that bright colors can even leave a residual image in the visitor's vision.

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red eye tree frog is such a colorful little guy that he has become an iconic campaign ambassador to save rainforests. Although the frog itself is not in danger, its habitat reduces the alarming teMPEM. Conservatory hope that a dazzling frog of red eyes resembles people that our rainforests hold, and the importance of maintaining these wild habitats, not only for people but for the coming generations.