White's Tree Frog Facts

Video Transcript

"Here we have a White's Tree Frog, their scientific name is Lituria Caerulea. They are found in Australia and Indonesia and they're adapt tree climbers and they can live quite far from tree to tree. They're distinguishable from other tree frogs due to this horizontal iris which is pretty common in nocturnal frogs. There's just demonstrated the leap. They also have this very smooth, shiny skin and it tends to be very moist and if you have one as a pet, you should avoid holding it for any length of time as you can hurt your amphibian. White frogs reach sexual maturity at about two years of age and they like to breed during the rainy season in the summer. During the breeding season, the males will develop small brown nuptial pads on the base of their feet in order to embrace the female and amplexus. Once mating is over, these small brown nuptial pads will disappear. The female can lay caches of eggs that contain about a hundred and fifty to three hundred eggs and they can hatch twenty eight to thirty six hours later. Under ideal conditions, the tadpole will metamorphosis within two to three weeks. This tree frog is a carnivore eating insects, but it will sometimes consume small mammals that it can fit in its mouth. Very interesting about these guys is that they became very popular in the pet industry due to their coloration and their ability to produce a bark like call. This tree frog was also named the dumpy tree frog due to its fatty fold you can see on its skin."