The Red-Eyed Tree Frog is well known for its bulging red eyes and beautiful blue streaks and orange toes. When the Tree Frog sleeps it hides its sharp colors, but if it runs from a predator the bright colors may confuse or disinterest the predator. Like many Tree Frogs, the Red-Eyed Tree Frog has suction cups on its toes that enable it to climb trees and on leaves. It inhabit lowland rainforest areas near ponds, streams, rivers and will be found near water sources that its offspring, tadpoles, will need to survive.
Red-Eyed Tree Frogs are located in Southern Mexico, Central America including but not limited to Costa Rica, Honduras and Panama, and northern South America. They are nocturnal carnivores, eating mostly insects, including crickets. They will also feed on other smaller frogs.
