White's tree frog
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Female White's tree frogs push their eggs out of their bodies with great force.
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Female White's tree frogs push their eggs out of their bodies with great force.
THE REAL WORLD
The real White's tree frog
- Scientific name
- Ranoidea caerulea
- Japanese name
- イエアメガエル
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hylidae
- Genus
- Ranoidea
Where the name “White's tree frog” comes from
The species name caerulea means "blue" in Latin.
Smithsonian National ZooA frog of Australia and New Guinea. It got its Japanese name, meaning "house frog", because it often lives near people's homes.
In the dry season it wraps itself in a cocoon of shed skin and mucus and burrows to stay moist.
How the White's tree frog lives
They can be active by day or by night. They mainly eat insects such as moths, locusts and cockroaches. Males call high in trees, then come down to call on rocks at night. During the summer rainy season, they feast before starting to breed.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebSmithsonian National ZooBasic data
- Size
- 7–11.5 cmUniversity of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
- Diet
- Moths, locusts, roaches and other insectsUniversity of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
- Range
- New Guinea and northern to eastern Australia鳥羽水族館
Where the White's tree frog has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- イエアメガエル
- 简体中文
- 白氏树蛙
- 繁體中文
- 白氏樹蛙
- 한국어
- 호주청개구리
- Español
- Litoria caerulea
- Français
- Rainette de White
- Deutsch
- Korallenfinger-Laubfrosch
- Português (Brasil)
- Rã-arborícola-de-white
- Italiano
- Raganella cerulea australiana
- العربية
- ضفدعة الشجرة البيضاء
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Pelodryas caerulea
- Tiếng Việt
- Ếch cây bụng trắng
- Русский
- Коралловопалая литория
- Türkçe
- Yeşil ağaç kurbağası
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — イエアメガエルChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Litoria caeruleaChecked: 2026-11-03
- Smithsonian National Zoo — White's tree frogChecked: 2026-11-06
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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