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Cuban Tree Frog

Osteopilus septentrionalis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Puerto Rico.January 39, February 37, March 101, April 147, May 79, June 41, July 33, August 36, September 71, October 74, November 57, December 50.
United States26,408
Puerto Rico765
Georgia309
United States Virgin Islands134
Louisiana92
Alabama75
Texas34
North Carolina29
South Carolina28
New York19

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • VocalKnown for distinctive calls, songs, or vocalizationsFrom its classification

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassAmphibians · Amphibia
OrderFrogs and Toads · Anura
FamilyHyline Tree Frogs · Hylidae
GenusNorth Caribbean Treefrogs · Osteopilus

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Practise Cuban Tree Frog with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.