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tree toad

n.

See tree frog.

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tree toad

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a less common name for tree frog

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tree toad - arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America tree frog, tree-frog anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog - any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species family Hylidae, Hylidae - the amphibian family of tree frogs Hyla crucifer, spring peeper - a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring Hyla regilla, Pacific tree toad - the most commonly heard frog on the Pacific coast of America canyon treefrog, Hyla arenicolor - a small chiefly ground dweller that stays within easy jumping distance of water; of United States southwest and northern Mexico chameleon tree frog - a form of tree toad cricket frog - either of two frogs with a clicking call chorus frog - any of several small North American frogs having a loud call lowland burrowing treefrog, northern casque-headed frog, Pternohyla fodiens - terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head; of the United States southwest