Red-eyed tree frog

Red-eyed tree frog is a common name for several frog species:

Red-Eyed Tree Frogs utilize vibrations to communicate with other red-eyed tree frogs and as a way to sense danger. These frogs use vibrations, even before they are born, to sense danger to escape snakes which means that they are born prematurely. Premature tadpoles, however, are not guaranteed survival as they could be eaten by predators later or their own species can eat them. In fact, some tadpoles will eat late-hatched eggs as well. Equally important, vibrations are used to communicate between frogs. An example of this can be seen with male frogs. For male frogs, vibrations can tell how big the male frog is.

References

  • Caldwell, M. S., & McDaniel, J. G. (2005). "Vibrational communication in the red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas)." Science, 308(5726), 557–558. [1]
  • Warkentin, K. M. (1999). "How do embryos assess risk? Vibrational cues in predator-induced hatching of red-eyed treefrogs." Animal Behaviour, 58(4), 831–841. [2]
  • Gomez-Mestre, I., & Warkentin, K. M. (2010). "To hatch and hatch not: similar selective pressures select for divergent risk assessment in related treefrogs." Current Biology, 20(5), 435–444. [3]





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