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A tree frog is any species of frog that spends a major portion of its lifespan in trees, known as an arboreal state. [1]

41 relations: Africa, Americas, Arboreal locomotion, Australia (continent), Boophis, Chiromantis, Common tree frog, Convergent evolution, Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, East Asia, Ecology, Eurasia, Family (biology), Frog, Glass frog, Gray tree frog, Habitat, Himalayas, Hylidae, Hyperoliidae, Indian Ocean, Leptopelis vermiculatus, Lineage (evolution), Malabar tree toad, Mantellidae, Microhylidae, Morphology (biology), Neobatrachia, Pedostibes, Powdered glass frog, Rhacophoridae, Richard Lydekker, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Spawn (biology), Temperate climate, Tree, Tropics, True toad, Vise, White-lipped bright-eyed frog.

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Americas

The Americas (also collectively called America)"America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language.

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Arboreal locomotion

Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees.

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Australia (continent)

The continent of Australia, sometimes known in technical contexts by the names Sahul, Australinea or Meganesia to distinguish it from the country of Australia, consists of the land masses which sit on Australia's continental shelf.

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Boophis

Boophis is the only genus in the mantellid frog subfamily Boophinae.

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Chiromantis

Chiromantis (commonly known as the foam-nest frog or foam-nest tree frog) is a genus of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae.

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Common tree frog

Polypedates leucomystax is a species in the shrub frog family Rhacophoridae.

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Convergent evolution

Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineages.

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Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event

The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) extinction, was a sudden mass extinction of some three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth, approximately 66 million years ago.

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East Asia

East Asia is the eastern subregion of the Asian continent, which can be defined in either geographical or ethno-cultural "The East Asian cultural sphere evolves when Japan, Korea, and what is today Vietnam all share adapted elements of Chinese civilization of this period (that of the Tang dynasty), in particular Buddhism, Confucian social and political values, and literary Chinese and its writing system." terms.

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Ecology

Ecology (from οἶκος, "house", or "environment"; -λογία, "study of") is the branch of biology which studies the interactions among organisms and their environment.

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Eurasia

Eurasia is a combined continental landmass of Europe and Asia.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Frog

A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (Ancient Greek ἀν-, without + οὐρά, tail).

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Glass frog

The glass frogs are frogs of the amphibian family Centrolenidae (order Anura).

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Gray tree frog

The gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) is a species of small arboreal frog native to much of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada.

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Habitat

In ecology, a habitat is the type of natural environment in which a particular species of organism lives.

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Himalayas

The Himalayas, or Himalaya, form a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.

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Hylidae

The Hylidae are a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as "tree frogs and their allies".

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Hyperoliidae

The Hyperoliidae, sedge and bush frogs, are a large family of small to medium-sized, brightly colored frogs which contains more than 250 species in 19 genera.

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Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering (approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface).

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Leptopelis vermiculatus

Leptopelis vermiculatus, also known as the peacock tree frog, Amani forest treefrog, or vermiculated tree trog, is a species of frog found in forest areas in Tanzania.

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Lineage (evolution)

An evolutionary lineage is a temporal series of organisms, populations, cells, or genes connected by a continuous line of descent from ancestor to descendent.

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Malabar tree toad

The Malabar tree toad or warty Asian tree toad (Pedostibes tuberculosus) is a species of toad found in forests along the Western Ghats of India south of Goa.

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Mantellidae

The Mantellidae are a family of the order Anura.

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Microhylidae

The Microhylidae, commonly known as narrow-mouthed frogs, are a geographically widespread family of frogs.

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Morphology (biology)

Morphology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.

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Neobatrachia

The Neobatrachia are a suborder of the Anura, the order of frogs and toads.

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Pedostibes

Pedostibes (Asian tree toads) is a genus of arboreal true toads endemic to South India and the Malay Peninsula to Borneo and Sumatra.

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Powdered glass frog

The powdered glass frog or Chiriqui glass frog, Teratohyla pulverata, is a frog species in the glass frog family (Centrolenidae).

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Rhacophoridae

The Rhacophoridae are a family of frog species, which occur in tropical sub-Saharan Africa, South India and Sri Lanka, Japan; northeastern India to eastern China south through the Philippines and Greater Sundas, and Sulawesi.

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Richard Lydekker

Richard Lydekker (25 July 1849 – 16 April 1915) was an English naturalist, geologist and writer of numerous books on natural history.

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South Asia

South Asia or Southern Asia (also known as the Indian subcontinent) is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan SAARC countries and, for some authorities, adjoining countries to the west and east.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.

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Spawn (biology)

Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals.

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Temperate climate

In geography, the temperate or tepid climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes, which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.

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Tree

In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species.

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Tropics

The tropics are a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator.

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True toad

A true toad is any member of the family Bufonidae, in the order Anura (frogs and toads).

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Vise

A vise (American English) or vice (British English) is a mechanical apparatus used to secure an object to allow work to be performed on it.

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White-lipped bright-eyed frog

The white-lipped bright-eyed frog (Boophis albilabris) is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_frog

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