Without doing this her eggs, once laid, are likely dry out. Carrying him on her back, she will make her way down to the water, drawing it into her bladder. Once the female has been attracted, the male will engage her in amplexus, grasping her at the armpits with his forelimbs. As mentioned above, males will call from vegetation located near standing water, thus attracting the larger females.

Reproduction occurs with the onset of the rainy season. During the day, this extremely nocturnal frog can be found plastered against the surface of a leaf, with which it blends so well that is becomes almost invisible to the observer. When not breeding they can be found in trees at a height of 10 meters or higher. Choruses of several hundred males are known to occur. The call itself is a 'cluck' or 'chock' which may be either a single or a double note. They also may occasionally call from a height of 5 meters or more. This vegetation is found near or around quiet bodies of water such as flooded pastures, roadside ditches, and forest ponds. So, it is thought that its bright colors are used to flash and startle predators just long enough for the frog to make its escape.Īt night during the rainy season, which lasts from late May to December, males call from vegetation that is 1-3 meters off of the ground. During the day all these hues are hidden and all you will see is the frog's green dorsum. All specimens that I have seen in the reptile trade are of the southern population. In northern specimens the flanks can be more towards the brown or red side with the barring being a darker shade of yellow than that of the southern populations. Southern individuals have blue sides or flanks with three to eight pale yellow, vertical bars. Specimens from the southern part of this species' range have blue to purple on the inner surfaces of their arms and legs, and in the northern parts of their range these surfaces are orange in color.

The hands and feet are orange, with fingers and toes having well-developed discs and partial webbing. The eyes, as the common name suggests, are red with a vertical pupil. Some individuals may have white spots upon their backs. The dorsum is a bright leaf green during the day and a darker shade after dark, with the venter being a white to creamy color. The Red-Eyed Leaf Frog is a slender arboreal frog belonging to the family Hylidae and subfamily Phyllomedusinae. Central America (Southern Mexico to Panama)

Purple eyed tree frogs