Forest green tree frog
Amazing fact
Forest green tree frog tadpoles eat plant material such as fallen leaves and moss.
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Forest green tree frog tadpoles eat plant material such as fallen leaves and moss.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Forest green tree frog
- Scientific name
- Zhangixalus arboreus
- Japanese name
- モリアオガエル
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Rhacophoridae
- Genus
- Zhangixalus
A green tree frog found in Japan and nowhere else. It lives up in the trees and has well-developed sticky pads on its fingertips.
In eastern Japan its body is green, but from the Kanto region westward some have reddish-brown markings on the back. Its eyes are red.
It makes a white foam nest on branches and leaves over the water and lays its eggs inside. The tadpoles that hatch drop into the water below.
How the Forest green tree frog lives
As adults, they eat insects, spiders, and similar prey.
多摩動物公園Basic data
- Size
- Body length: males 42–60 mm, females 59–82 mm
- Diet
- Insects, spiders, and other animals
- Range
- Honshu and Sado Island in Japan
Where the Forest green 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
- モリアオガエル
- 简体中文
- 森青蛙
- 繁體中文
- 森青蛙
- 한국어
- 산청개구리
- Español
- Rhacophorus arboreus
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 多摩動物公園 — モリアオガエルChecked: 2026-11-03
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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