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| Common Chinese tree frog
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Scientific classification
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Chordata
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| Class:
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Amphibia
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| Order:
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Anura
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| Family:
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Hylidae
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| Genus:
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Hyla
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| Species:
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H. chinensis
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| Binomial name
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Hyla chinensis
(Gunther, 1858)
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| Synonyms
[3]
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- Hyla arborea var. chinensis
(Gunther, 1858)
- Hyla chinensis
(Gunther, 1864)
- Hyla arborea var. chinensis
(Boettger, 1885)
- Hyla arborea var. sinensis
(Gee, 1919)
- Hyla chinensis chinensis
(Nieden, 1923)
- Hyla (Hyla) chinensis
(Fouquette and Dubois, 2014)
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The
common Chinese tree frog
or
Chinese tree toad
(
Hyla chinensis
) is a
tree frog
from
China
. People have seen it in the middle of China and in parts of
Taiwan
and
Vietnam
. It lives between 200 and 1000 meters above
sea level
.
[3]
[1]
The adult frog is 25 to 33 cm long
from nose to rear end
. The female frogs are larger than the male frogs. This frog has a wide head. This frog is dark green on the back with a yellow belly and a brown mouth. It has a black stripe near each eye and black spots on its sides. Adult frogs sit in trees, smaller plants, and rice fields, sometimes in groups.
[1]
Scientists say this frog is related to
Hyla arborea
.
[3]
