Introduction to Grey Tree Frogs

ʻO Grey Tree Frogs he pūʻulu o nā rana liʻiliʻi, no ka ʻohana Hylidae. Ua ʻike ʻia lākou no ko lākou ʻulaʻula hina a ʻōmaʻomaʻo paha a me ko lākou hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou iho ma ka ʻili lāʻau. No ʻAmelika ʻĀkau kēia mau rana a loaʻa maʻamau i nā wahi ulu lāʻau, kahi e hoʻohana ai lākou i ka hapa nui o ko lākou ola ma nā lāʻau a me nā kumu lāʻau. ʻIke ʻia ʻo Grey Tree Frogs no kā lākou leo ​​leo kūʻokoʻa, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā male i ka wā e hana ai nā kāne i kahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe e huki ai i nā wahine.

Taxonomy a me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā rana lāʻau hina

ʻO ka inoa ʻepekema no Grey Tree Frogs ʻo Hyla versicolor. He ʻano rana lāʻau lākou no ka ʻohana Hylidae, aia ma luna o 800 mau ʻano rana lāʻau a me ko lākou ʻohana. Ma loko o ka genus Hyla, aia kekahi mau ʻano ʻē aʻe e pili kokoke ana i nā Frogs Grey Tree, e like me Cope's Gray Tree Frog (Hyla chrysoscelis). ʻO kēia mau ʻano ʻelua i manaʻo ʻia he ʻano like, akā ua hōʻike ʻia nā haʻawina genetic i nā ʻokoʻa maʻalahi ma waena o lākou.

Māhele Geographic o nā rana lāʻau hina

ʻO Grey Tree Frogs no ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, ʻo ia hoʻi nā ʻāpana hikina a me waena o ka ʻāina. He laulā ko lākou a hiki ke loaʻa ma nā wahi noho like ʻole, e like me nā ululāʻau, nā ʻauwaʻa, a me nā wahi kūloko. Mai ka hema o Kanada, a puni ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a i nā ʻāpana o Mexico. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻohe kā lākou māhele ʻana, a ʻaʻole lākou mai kekahi mau wahi, e like me ka hikina hema o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.

Nā ʻano kino o nā rana lāʻau hina

ʻO Grey Tree Frogs he mau amphibian liʻiliʻi, me ke ana maʻamau ma waena o 1.5 a me 2 ʻīniha ka lōʻihi. He ʻano kino koʻikoʻi ko lākou me ka ʻili maʻemaʻe hiki ke ʻokoʻa ke kala mai ka hina a i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo-hina. Kōkua kēia kala iā lākou e hoʻohui i ko lākou puni, e hāʻawi ana i ka camouflage maikaʻi loa. Nui a paʻa ko lākou mau wāwae wāwae, e ʻae iā lākou e pili i nā ʻili kū pololei e like me ka ʻili lāʻau. He mau maka nui ko Grey Tree Frogs me nā haumāna kū pololei, e kōkua ana i ko lākou ʻike maikaʻi ma nā kūlana haʻahaʻa.

Hana hou a me ke ola o nā rana lāʻau hina

I ka wā hoʻohua, ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau mai ʻApelila a ʻAukake, ʻākoakoa nā kāne Grey Tree Frogs kokoke i nā wai a hoʻokuʻu i kā lākou trill kūʻokoʻa e huki i nā wahine. Ma hope o ka male ʻana, waiho nā wahine i kā lākou mau hua i loko o nā pūpū liʻiliʻi e pili ana i nā mea kanu e kau ana ma luna o ka wai. Hāpai nā hua i loko o nā tadpoles, a laila e hoʻololi ʻia i ka metamorphosis i nā pule he nui, e hoʻololi i nā ʻano liʻiliʻi o nā pākeke. Haʻalele nā ​​rana i hoʻololi hou ʻia i ka wai a hele i loko o nā kumulāʻau a puni, kahi e noho ai ka hapa nui o ko lākou ola.

ʻAi a me ka hanai ʻana o nā rana lāʻau hina

ʻO Grey Tree Frogs he insectivorous, hānai nui i nā ʻano liʻiliʻi invertebrates. ʻO kā lākou meaʻai, ʻo ia nā ʻiniko e like me nā nalo, nā pīkoi, nā ʻanuʻu, a me nā ʻāwīwī. He poʻe akamai lākou i ka hahai holoholona a hoʻohana i ko lākou mau alelo lōʻihi a paʻa i ka hopu pio ʻana. ʻO Grey Tree Frogs nā mea hānai pō a ʻoi aku ka ikaika i ke ahiahi a me nā hola pō i ka nui o kā lākou pio.

Hoʻololi ʻano o nā rana lāʻau hina

Loaʻa i nā Frogs Grey Tree nā hoʻololi ʻano hana e kōkua i ko lākou ola ʻana. ʻO ko lākou hiki ke hoʻololi i ka waihoʻoluʻu e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻohui i ko lākou puni, e hāʻawi ana i ka pale mai nā mea ʻaihue. He poʻe piʻi akamai nō hoʻi lākou, e hoʻohana ana i ko lākou mau manamana wāwae nui a me nā lālā lōʻihi e hoʻokele i nā kumulāʻau a me nā kumu lāʻau me ka maʻalahi. ʻO kā lākou leo ​​leo, ʻo ia hoʻi ka trill kiʻekiʻe i hoʻopuka ʻia e nā kāne, he mea ia e kamaʻilio ai a hoʻowalewale i nā hoa.

Hoʻololi Kaiapuni o nā rana lāʻau hina

Ua hoʻololi ʻo Grey Tree Frogs i ka noho ʻana i nā wahi noho like ʻole, e like me nā ululāʻau, nā puʻu, a me nā wahi kūloko. ʻO ko lākou hiki ke pili i nā ʻaoʻao kūpaʻa, e like me nā kumulāʻau, ua maʻalahi ʻia e ko lākou mau wāwae wāwae nui a paʻa. ʻO kēia hoʻololi ʻana e hiki ai iā lākou ke neʻe me ka maʻalahi ma o kā lākou kaiapuni arboreal a pakele i nā mea hoʻoweliweli. Eia kekahi, ʻo kā lākou kala hina a ʻōmaʻomaʻo paha e hāʻawi i ka camouflage maikaʻi, e kōkua ana iā lākou e hūnā mai nā mea ʻaihue.

ʻO nā rana maʻamau o nā rana lāʻau hina

Ke alo aku nei nā Frogs Grey Tree i ka predation mai nā ʻano holoholona like ʻole, me nā manu, nā nahesa, nā mammals, a me nā invertebrates nui e like me nā spiders. ʻO kā lākou camouflage maikaʻi loa a me ka hiki ke noho me ka neʻe ʻole no nā manawa lōʻihi e kōkua iā lākou e pale i ka ʻike. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o kā lākou mau hua a me nā tadpoles a hāʻule pinepine i nā mea ʻaihue i ka wai, e like me nā iʻa a me nā inike wai.

Kūlana mālama o nā rana lāʻau hina

Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Grey Tree Frogs he ʻano mea hopohopo liʻiliʻi e pili ana i ke kūlana mālama. ʻO kā lākou hoʻolaha ākea a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā wahi noho like ʻole e kōkua i ko lākou heluna paʻa. Eia naʻe, e like me ka nui o nā amphibians, ke kū nei lākou i nā mea hoʻoweliweli e like me ka nalowale o ka noho ʻana ma muli o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka ululāʻau a me ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO ka haumia, ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, a me ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o nā ʻano mea ʻaʻole ʻōiwi kekahi i mea pilikia i ko lākou ola lōʻihi. Pono ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka nānā ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana e hōʻoia i ka maikaʻi mau o Grey Tree Frogs a me ko lākou mau wahi noho.

ʻO ke koʻikoʻi moʻomeheu o nā rana lāʻau hina

ʻO Grey Tree Frogs ke koʻikoʻi moʻomeheu i nā ʻohana ʻōiwi ʻAmelika. Hoʻopili pinepine ʻia lākou me ka hoʻololi ʻana, ka hoʻololi ʻana, a me ka hiki ke hoʻokele i nā ʻāina like ʻole, no ka mea, pili ko lākou ola ʻana i kahi metamorphosis dramatic. I kekahi mau kuʻuna, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Grey Tree Frogs he hōʻailona o ka laki maikaʻi a manaʻo ʻia e lawe mai i ka lokahi a me ke kaulike i ka honua kūlohelohe. Mahalo a mahalo ʻia kā lākou mau leo ​​leo kūʻokoʻa, me kekahi mau moʻomeheu ʻōiwi e hoʻokomo iā lākou i ke mele a me ka moʻolelo.

Origin and Etymology of the Name "Gray Tree Frogs"

ʻO ka inoa ʻo "Gray Tree Frogs" no ka ʻano o nā rana i ke ʻano hina a i ʻole ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo-hina a me ko lākou nohona arboreal. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "hina" e pili ana i ka waihoʻoluʻu nui o ko lākou ʻili, e hiki ai iā lākou ke hui pono me ka ʻili lāʻau a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe. Hoʻomaopopo ka huaʻōlelo "lāʻau" i ko lākou makemake noho arboreal, kahi e hoʻolilo ai lākou i kahi hapa nui o ko lākou ola. ʻO ka mea hope loa, ʻo ka huaʻōlelo "frogs" e hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou ma ke ʻano he lālā o ka hui ākea o nā amphibians i kapa ʻia ʻo nā rana, e hōʻike ana i ko lākou ʻano kino a me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana.