Thinkabara🐸 Red-Eyed Tree Frog Facts for Kids
🐸 Amphibians Grades K–5
The red-eyed tree frog is a meat-eating amphibian that lives in North America and South America. When a predator comes close, the frog pops open its bright red eyes to startle it.
🐸 Red-Eyed Tree Frog fact file
- Scientific name
- Agalychnis callidryas
- Animal group
- Amphibian
- Where it lives
- North America and South America
- Habitat
- Rainforests from southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia
- Diet
- Carnivore (meat-eater) — Crickets, moths, flies and other insects
- Size
- About 1½ to 3 inches long
- Weight
- Less than half an ounce
- Life span
- About 5 years
- Status
- Least Concern
📏 A red-eyed tree frog could sit on a playing card with room to spare.
⭐ 5 fun facts about red-eyed tree frogs
- When a predator comes close, the frog pops open its bright red eyes to startle it.
- Sticky toe pads let it cling to leaves, even upside down.
- It sleeps during the day and hunts at night.
- Females lay eggs on leaves hanging over water; tadpoles drop into the water when they hatch.
- Eggs can hatch early if they feel the shaking of a snake attack.
Where do red-eyed tree frogs live?
Wild red-eyed tree frogs are found in North America and South America. Rainforests from southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia. If you want to see one in the United States, you might spot one in the wild — or visit a zoo or wildlife park.
What do red-eyed tree frogs eat?
Red-eyed tree frogs are carnivores, which means they eat other animals. Their menu: crickets, moths, flies and other insects.
Is the red-eyed tree frog endangered?
Status: Least Concern. That means there are plenty in the wild right now — good news! You can help wild animals by learning about them, saving energy, cutting down on plastic and supporting zoos, aquariums and parks that protect wildlife.
Red-Eyed Tree Frog quiz
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✏️ Write about the red-eyed tree frog
1. The most surprising fact I learned is…
2. If I could ask a red-eyed tree frog one question, I would ask…
3. Draw the red-eyed tree frog in its habitat:
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Where do red-eyed tree frogs live?
Red-eyed tree frogs live in North America and South America. Their habitat: Rainforests from southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia.
What do red-eyed tree frogs eat?
Red-eyed tree frogs are carnivores (meat-eater). They eat: Crickets, moths, flies and other insects.
How big is a red-eyed tree frog?
About 1½ to 3 inches long. Weight: Less than half an ounce. A red-eyed tree frog could sit on a playing card with room to spare.
How long do red-eyed tree frogs live?
About 5 years.
Is the red-eyed tree frog endangered?
Its conservation status is: Least Concern. That means there are plenty in the wild right now — good news!
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