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Red-eyed Treefrog
Agalychnis callidryas (Red-eyed Treefrog · アカメアマガエル)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A maximum body length of 7 cm is the length of 2.6 Korean 500-won coins (diameter 26.5 mm) lined up side by side, and a maximum weight of 15 g is similar to two 500-won coins (7.7 g each) (Comparison).
- 💡 It is traded as a popular pet, and because it is sensitive to pollutants, it is used to study the early effects of environmental change (ADW).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Red-eyed Treefrog is a nocturnal treefrog living in Central and South American tropical rainforests, best known for its bulging red eyes.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body length is 4–7 cm, and females are larger than males. It has bulging red eyes, orange webbed feet, symmetrical yellow and blue stripes on its legs, and a leaf-green body. Young froglets change skin color depending on the time of day.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It is a nocturnal carnivore that catches insects such as flies, grasshoppers, and mosquitoes at night. Breeding during the rainy season, mated pairs attach eggs to the undersides of leaves overhanging ponds, and during hot dry seasons they rest under broad leaves.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2020) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/55290/3028059
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 65JNR
- • iucnredlist.org — 3028059
- • wikidata.org — Q337616
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Red eyed tree frog edit2.jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Agalychnis callidryas
- • bok.or.kr — contents.do
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Margot Michaud · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.