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Agalychnis callidryas

or red-eyed tree frog 

one of over 40 Phyllomedusinae or leaf frogs

Popular relatives include Giant monkey frogs, Waxy monkey leaf frogs and tiger-striped leaf frogs

*Agalychnis callidryas* or red-eyed tree frog CLICK to enlarge THIS picture*Agalychnis callidryas* or red-eyed tree frog CLICK to enlarge THIS picture

*Agalychnis callidryas* or red-eyed tree frog CLICK to enlarge THIS pictureHey, the water is great. Come on in.

*Agalychnis callidryas* or red-eyed tree frog CLICK to enlarge THIS picture*Agalychnis callidryas* or red-eyed tree frog CLICK to enlarge THIS picture

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Physical Description 

Beautiful, 2.25 - 3 inch, leaf green dorsum, flanks exhibit varying shades of blue with yellow stripes. Ventor,  under limbs,  and toes are suffused with variable amounts of golden yellow. vertical pupils on bright red eyes. 
Natural Habitat 

Forests from southern Mexico to eastern Panama
Behavior

Nocturnal, by day tightly closed to hide attached to underside of a leaf. By night active and graceful hand over hand and foot over foot movement
Diet

Insects
Reproduction 

Females deposit egg clusters containing 20-75 eggs to the underside of leaves overhanging water. in time the eggs fall to the water where tadpoles develop into frogs. Eggs hatch in5-11 days and metamorphosis of tadpoles takes 40-60 days 
Sexual Dimorphism

Females are slightly larger than males. The snout of males is sloped from the nostril to the upper lip and when sexually mature, males  will have rougher thumbs and fore arms.