You need a tall terrarium one that is at least 18 in height. Agalychnis callidryas known as the red eyed treefrog is an arboreal hylid native to neotropical rainforests where it ranges from mexico through central america to colombia. The females are larger than adult male and almost twice to them. Red eyed tree frogs are likely the most well known frogs in the world. Moreover relative to their size red eyes can be considered a long lived tree frog. It takes one to two years for a red eyed tree frog to mature.
Heightweight adult females at 51 71 mm can be nearly twice the size of males which are 30 59 mm. When properly maintained life spans of up to 10 years are common. The height of a red eyed tree frog is 3cm longi like doodle in my bum hehehehe. Both deep and pale green coloration exists in the frog species. They come from cameroon in west africa. Not to be confused.
The male and female weigh from 6 15 grams. Callidryas comes from greek words kalos beautiful and dryas a tree or wood nymph. The scientific name of the red eyed treefrog a. They are found in tropical lowlands from southern mexico throughout central america and in northern south america. Red eyed tree frogs will get a length to 15 to 275 inches 4 to 7 centimeters. Newly metamorphosed grey tree frogs hyla chrysoscelis are about 12 inch long and 14 inch tall.
They make great pets too. The red eyed tree frog feeds on moths crickets and other insects that are active at night. The conraua goliath weighs as much as a large housecat about 33 kilos. Red eyed tree frogs can change their skins color according to their mood. Certainly among treefrogs to say the least. Their bodies can reach the size of nearly a foot 30 cm long.
With their big red eyes orange feet and bright green skin with blue sides its no wonder theyre so popular. They are also available in panama honduras and northern side of south america. It is sometimes kept in captivity. The body length of female red eyed tree frogs slightly exceeds that of the males. Red eyed tree frogs despite their conspicuous coloration are not venomous. The female range is between 64mm and 76 millimeters while the male range is between 51 millimeters and 64 millimeters.
Just as various tree frog species have different adult sizes the height and weight of newly metamorphosed froglets vary slightly from one species to the next.