- Where to see one
- 3 U.S. zoos in our directory hold lemur leaf frog, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the lemur leaf frog
The lemur leaf frog is a slender tree frog found in Costa Rica, Panama and adjacent northwestern Colombia, where it lives in tropical mid-elevation rainforest between 440 and 1600 metres. It is mainly nocturnal and rests on the undersides of leaves during the day, hunting a wide variety of insects after dark. Females are larger than males. Breeding continues through the rainy seasons, with males calling in a series of clicks, and the eggs are laid on vegetation overhanging water so that the tadpoles drop into the pools below. The species has declined sharply and is threatened by chytridiomycosis, a fungal disease of amphibians.
Lemur Leaf Frog facts
- The frog is vibrant green by day but turns brown at night, helping it hide by day and hunt after dark.
- Tadpoles can hatch prematurely when vibrations from predators or rain signal danger, dropping into the water below.
- Females lay up to 20 eggs at a time on leaves or roots that overhang a pool or stream.
- Antimicrobial peptides in its skin have shown strong protection against the chytrid fungus.
Where to see lemur leaf frog in the U.S.
3 zoos across 3 states
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District of Columbia· 1
Virginia· 1
Wisconsin· 1
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