Red-eyed green frog in Central America

The Central American red-eyed green frog has vivid colors that help camouflage among plants, especially they have amazing jumping abilities in the frog family.

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The red-eyed green frog has the scientific name Agalychnis callidryas.This is a frog that often lives in the tropical rain forests of Central America.In the picture is a red-eyed frog in Costa Rica.

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This is a pretty colorful frog with red eyes, blue spine, yellow legs and belly stripes.

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Red-eyed green frogs are amazingly high-jumping species in frog family.A frog can even turn on 1.5 meters.

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Red-eyed green frogs live mainly on trees and are non-toxic.To protect themselves from predator attacks, they cannot use poison but rely entirely on camouflage.

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To camouflage, the frog will collect the legs forward, while closing the eyes so that the blue skin is mixed with the plants.

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This frog only feeds at night and rests during the day.The researchers say it is difficult to detect this species during the day because of the blue skin color and the color of the plants.

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The main food of red-eyed green frogs is crickets, caterpillars, and small insects.Meanwhile, snakes, bats, spiders, and birds are predators of this frog.

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Frogs mature after two years and start mating when they are 3-4 years old.The average life of this frog is 5 years.