Cuban tree frog
The Cuban tree frog, marbled tree toad, or giant tree frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) is a frog. It lives in Cuba, Isla de Pinos, the Cayman Islands, and the Bahamas. Human beings have brought it to Curacao, Anguilla, Costa Rica Saint Maarten, Saba, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Nevis, Puerto Rico, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and the island of Oahu in Hawaii.[3][1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Osteopilus |
| Species: | O. septentrionalis
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| Osteopilus septentrionalis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
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This frog is larger than other frogs in Hylidae. The disks on their toes are also very large. There is no webbed skin on their front feet. There is some webbed skin on their back feet. This frog is usually gray or green in color. Sometimes it is brown or light brown instead.[1]
The female frog lays eggs in temporary bodies of water. The tadpoles grow fast so they become frogs before the water dries up. The tadpoles have round bodies. The skin on their backs is black in color. Parts of their tails are gray-brown in color.[1]
This frog can eat smaller frogs. Because human beings brought it to places where it did not always live, it has become an invasive specie. It eats the frogs that have lived in those places a long time.[1]
It makes a chemical in its skin that can harm human skin.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Vance T. Vredenburg (January 18, 2000). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Osteopilus septentrionalis: Hispaniolan Laughing Treefrog". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Cuban Treefrog: Osteopilus septentrionalis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55811A3032751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T55811A3032751.en. S2CID 242174025. 55811. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Osteopilus dominicensis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
