Schlegel's green tree frog
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Schlegel’s green tree frog tadpoles eat fallen leaves and moss.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Schlegel's green tree frog
- Scientific name
- Zhangixalus schlegelii
- Japanese name
- シュレーゲルアオガエル
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Rhacophoridae
- Genus
- Zhangixalus
A green tree frog found in Japan and nowhere else, living on Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and the Goto Islands.
It looks like the forest green tree frog, but it is a little smaller and has yellow eyes.
Instead of laying eggs directly in water, it makes a foamy mass at the water's edge or in the soil and lays its eggs inside.
How the Schlegel's green tree frog lives
They live in rice paddies and wetlands. Adults eat insects and spiders.
多摩動物公園Basic data
- Size
- Body length: males 3.2–4.3 cm, females 4.3–5.3 cm
- Diet
- Insects, spiders, and other animals
- Range
- Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Goto Islands in Japan
Where the Schlegel's 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
- シュレーゲルアオガエル
- 한국어
- 슐레겔청개구리
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 — シュレーゲルアオガエル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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