The genus Hyla is one of approximately 38 genera in the New World family of tree frogs (Hylidae). The word Hyla translates to "tree," and tree frogs are indeed arboreal.Gray to reddish-brown, usually with dark blotches; yellow to white spots on dark rear surface of thigh visible only when leg is extended. Has large toe pads. It is arboreal, often climbing high into the canopy, and may hibernate under ground. The mating call, emitted by males on trees in the water, is a low-pitched, guttural trill, getta, getta.
Ten Facts about Pine Woods Treefrog
- Size can be 1 to 1.5 inches (25 to 38 mm).
- Commonly found in pine flatwoods and in or near cypress swamps or other water.
- Breeding occurs from March to October.
- Eggs are laid in films of 100 to 125 eggs on the water's surface or just below it on stems or other objects.
- In North America, this treefrog is found on the coastal plain, southeast Virginia to south Florida and east Louisiana.
- This species has been found to eat grasshoppers, crickets, ground beetles, click beetles, dung beetles, caddisflies, ants, vespid wasps, and jumping spiders.
- They sounds like a series of measured notes, like the tapping together of wooden dowels.
- Birds, snakes, lizards like to eat them.
- They are belong to the family of Hylidae, Treefrogs.
- Hatching to transformation takes two months.
