Common Tree Frog
The tree frog is a real “climber” that spends most of its life high up in the vegetation. Its body structure is designed accordingly: the toes have adhesive discs on the tips and the flattened ventral side allows it to cling directly to the ground. Tree frogs mainly colonise
river valleys with their floodplains, moist deciduous and mixed forests with ponds or pools. It needs clean pools, ponds, oxbow lakes or bays in floodplains with plenty of aquatic plants as spawning waters. In the mountains, they can be found north of the Alps up to around 600 metres, and south of the Alps up to around 800 metres.
- Male tree frogs deploy a satellite mating tactic. They approach quietly, without the other males (who are calling loudly) hearing them, and mate with the females.
Scientific Name
Hyla arborea arborea
Age
- up to 10 years
Nutrition
- Insects
- Arachnids
Adversaries
- Birds of prey
- Snakes
- Fish
- Dragonfly
Weight
- up to 9 g
4 – 5 cm
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