The adult grows up to 100 mm in length, with an overall dorsal colour of green with scattered white spots. The underbelly is white with legs and digits of orange. This species has enlarged toes and golden eyes, and females are larger than males. They eat mainly insects and are nocturnal, spending the day in sheltered burrows or under stones or logs.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, intermittent rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, water storage areas, and ponds. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
Breeding takes place near ponds and swamps. The eggs are laid in clumps above the water on foliage. The tadpoles fall into the water after hatching.
Referencesedit
^IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Agalychnis dacnicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T55813A53959492. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T55813A53959492.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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agalychnis, dacnicolor, mexican, leaf, frog, species, frog, subfamily, phyllomedusinae, endemic, mexico, conservation, status, least, concern, iucn, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, chordata, class, amphibia, order, anu. Agalychnis dacnicolor the Mexican leaf frog is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae It is endemic to Mexico Agalychnis dacnicolor Conservation status Least Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Amphibia Order Anura Family Hylidae Genus Agalychnis Species A dacnicolor Binomial name Agalychnis dacnicolor Cope 1864 Synonyms Pachymedusa dacnicolor Cope 1864 The adult grows up to 100 mm in length with an overall dorsal colour of green with scattered white spots The underbelly is white with legs and digits of orange This species has enlarged toes and golden eyes and females are larger than males They eat mainly insects and are nocturnal spending the day in sheltered burrows or under stones or logs Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests intermittent rivers intermittent freshwater marshes water storage areas and ponds It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN Breeding takes place near ponds and swamps The eggs are laid in clumps above the water on foliage The tadpoles fall into the water after hatching References edit IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2020 Agalychnis dacnicolor IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020 e T55813A53959492 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2020 2 RLTS T55813A53959492 en Retrieved 15 November 2021 External links editThe Mexican leaf frog at vivanatura org The Mexican leaf frog or Mexican dumpy at frogs cc Archived 2020 09 30 at the Wayback Machine nbsp This Phyllomedusinae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Agalychnis dacnicolor amp oldid 1179994463, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
