Kajiya tree frog - Kajiya tree frog

Japanese: カジヤアマガエル - かじやあまがえる

...Many tree frogs lay eggs in small puddles. In tropical America, some lay large gelatinous egg masses on the leaves of epiphytes, while others lay eggs in the small amount of water that accumulates between the leaves, and the larvae feed on the eggs and larvae of other frogs. There are also the 3cm-long Gastrotheca frogs, which raise their larvae in a pouch on their back, the Goeldi frog Fritziana goeldii (5cm long), which protects its eggs by carrying them on its back, and the Kajiya frog Hyla faber (10cm long), which builds mud nests near water and lays eggs. In recent years, an active peptide that has been used as a diagnostic drug for the digestive system in Japan has been extracted and purified from the skin of the Australian white tree frog Litoria caerulea (10cm long). ...

From [Frog]

…In the Darwin's Frog Rhinoderma darwinii , the male is in charge of raising the young until the vocal pouch is full, but in the Australian Black-eared Frog Rheobatrachus silus , the female raises the larvae in her stomach. Other species include the Eiffinger's Frog Chirixalus eiffingeri , found in the Yaeyama Islands, which lays eggs in safe tree-hollow puddles, and the Kajiya Tree Frog Hyla faber , which builds mud banks in streams to lay eggs. The water-leaf frog Cyclorana , which lives in the arid regions of Australia, survives several months of desiccation wrapped in a cocoon underground, then hurries off to lay eggs in the smallest puddles created by rain showers. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Kajiya tree frog" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アマガエル類には小さな水たまりでも産卵するものが多く，熱帯アメリカでは着生植物の葉に大粒のゼリー状卵塊を産むものや，葉の間にたまったわずかな水に産卵し，幼生は他のカエルの卵や幼生を餌とするものもある。また背中の育児袋で幼生を育てる体長3cmほどのフクロアマガエル類Gastrothecaや，卵を背負って守るゲルジアマガエルFritziana goeldii(体長5cm)もあり，水辺に泥の巣をつくって産卵するカジヤアマガエルHyla faber(体長10cm)もいる。近年，日本でも消化器系の診断薬として用いられる活性ペプチドは，オーストラリア産ホワイトアマガエルLitoria caerulea(体長10cm)の皮膚から抽出純化されたものである。…

【カエル(蛙)】より

…ダーウィンハナガエルRhinoderma darwiniiでは雄が育児を担当し，鳴囊内が子ガエルでいっぱいになるまでめんどうをみるが，オーストラリア産イブクロコモリガエルRheobatrachus silusは，雌が胃袋の中で幼生を育てる。そのほか安全な樹洞の水たまりに産卵する八重山列島産のアイフィンガーガエルChirixalus eiffingeri，流れに泥の堤を築いて産卵するカジヤアマガエルHyla faberなど，卵や幼生の保護にさまざまなくふうが見られる。オーストラリアの乾燥地帯に生息するミズタメガエル類Cycloranaは，地中で繭に包まれて数ヵ月の乾燥に耐え，スコールでできたわずかな水たまりに急いで産卵する。…

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