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How the Tree Frog Has Redefined Our View of Biology. The world’s most charismatic amphibian is upending the conventional wisdom about evolution. Helen Fields. January 2013. A beloved symbol...
A comprehensive resource for ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii) phylogenetics, the taxonomy of fishes, and fossils of extinct fishes.
Taxonomy of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) based on a comprehensive fish phylogeny, the Phylogenetic Fish Classification.
Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as "tree frogs and their allies". However, the hylids include a diversity of frog species, many of which do not live in trees, but are terrestrial or semiaquatic.
Mammals, reptiles, birds, and fish all eat tree frogs. Many of the frogs rely on camouflage to protect themselves from predators, and the more arboreal species escape ground-dwelling predators by hiding in trees.
Tree frogs are not a distinct taxonomic group of animals, but rather, the term refers generally to frogs that spend most of their time in trees or higher vegetation. There are about 800 species of tree frogs, some of which are classified as tree frogs, which are aquatic or terrestrial.
25 paź 2024 · Tree frog, any of more than 800 species of typically arboreal frog occurring on all continents except Antarctica and belonging to one of several families of the order Anura. Of these, the hylid, or “true,” tree frogs from the family Hylidae are the most numerous.
