Yellow Treefrog (Dendropsophus microcephalus)

About Yellow Treefrog (Dendropsophus microcephalus)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Chordates
• Class: Amphibians
• Order: Toads and Frogs
• Family: Tree Frogs

Call

An insect-like "creek" followed by a series of "eeks" (Savage 2002). This species also produces an aggressive call (Schwartz and Wells 1985).

Behavior and communication

Males increase call rates in the presence of both con- and hetero-specifics (including D. ebraccatus and D. phlebodes, Schwartz and Wells 1984, Schwartz and Wells 1985).