Cuba tree frog

Cuba tree frog
	Cuban tree frog ( Osteopilus septentrionalis )
Systematics
Subordination :	Neobatrachia
without rank:	Tree frogs (arboranae)
Family :	Tree frogs i. w. S. (Hylidae)
Subfamily :	Lophyohylinae
Genre :	Osteopilus
Type :	Cuba tree frog
Scientific name
	Osteopilus septentrionalis
	( Duméril & Bibron , 1841)

The Cuban tree frog ( Osteopilus septentrionalis , syn .: Hyla septentrionalis ) is a frog from the family of the tree frogs (Hylidae). The females are 10 to 14 centimeters tall, the males remain slightly smaller. The Cuban tree frog lives in tree branches and is active during twilight. The moderately large and broad head has very large eyes. Large adhesive discs are attached to the toes and fingers. The belly is whitish and unspotted. It feeds on large flies, wax moths, slippery caterpillars, butterflies and other insects.

distribution

The original distribution area includes Cuba (main island), Isla de Pinos , Bahamas , Cayman Islands .

One on Oahu ( Hawaii entrained -Archipel) population has been wiped out again.

In Florida , the Cuban tree frog is considered an invasive species . It spread from the Florida Keys in the 1920s and can be found as far as the line between Cedar Key , in Levy County on the Gulf Coast, and Jacksonville on the Atlantic coast (2010).

Additional populations are reported for Puerto Rico and individual islands in the Caribbean .

In the IUCN Red List , the species is listed in the least concern category.

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Web links

USGS : factsheet , accessed May 30, 2012

Individual evidence

^ Duellman WE, and RI Crombie. 1970. Pages 92.1-92.4 in: Reimer WJ (Ed.). Catalog Of American Amphibians And Reptiles. American Society Of Ichthyologists And Herpetologists.
Jump up ↑ Banks RC, McDiarmid RW, Gardner AL, and WC Starnes. 2004. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the US Territories, and Canada. US Dept of Interior. 79 pp.
^ Johnson SA 2006. The Cuban Treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) in Florida. UF / IFAS document WEC218. on-line
^ Entry in the database of the Invasive Species Specialist Group Osteopilus septentrionalis (amphibian) , accessed May 30, 2012 (English).
↑ Heinicke, MP, LM Diaz, and SB Hedges. 2011. Origin of invasive frogs traced to Cuba. Biology Letters 7 (3): 407-410. doi : 10.1098 / rsbl.2010.1131
↑ Osteopilus septentrionalis in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2010. Retrieved on 30 May 2012 found.

[1] Duellman WE, and RI Crombie. 1970. Pages 92.1-92.4 in: Reimer WJ (Ed.). Catalog Of American Amphibians And Reptiles. American Society Of Ichthyologists And Herpetologists.

[2] Jump up ↑ Banks RC, McDiarmid RW, Gardner AL, and WC Starnes. 2004. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the US Territories, and Canada. US Dept of Interior. 79 pp.

[3] Johnson SA 2006. The Cuban Treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) in Florida. UF / IFAS document WEC218. on-line

[4] Entry in the database of the Invasive Species Specialist Group Osteopilus septentrionalis (amphibian) , accessed May 30, 2012 (English).

[5] Heinicke, MP, LM Diaz, and SB Hedges. 2011. Origin of invasive frogs traced to Cuba. Biology Letters 7 (3): 407-410. doi : 10.1098 / rsbl.2010.1131

[6] Osteopilus septentrionalis in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2010. Retrieved on 30 May 2012 found.