Common Green Frog

Fascinating facts about the Common Green Frog

• A male can be as short as 30 mm, while a female can be up to 75 mm.
• You’ll find them from sea level up to 1,200 meters in the mountains, thriving in everything from lowland rainforests to irrigated farms. Their altitude range reveals a flexibility that helps them survive in both pristine and human-altered landscapes.
• Beyond their native range, they’ve colonized islands like Sulawesi and the Philippines, establishing new populations after human introduction. This spread highlights how frogs can hitch rides with trade and adapt to new environments.
• They belong to a clade with genera like Pulchrana and Sylvirana, prompting the revival of the genus Hylarana.

At a glance

About the Common Green Frog

The common green frog, Hylarana erythraea, has bright green skin on its back and sides and smooth skin. Males measure 30–45 mm and females 50–75 mm from snout to vent, while tadpoles reach up to 36 mm, and it has a distinct tympanum. Its junior synonyms include Hyla erythraea and Polypedataes erythraea. It is the type species of the re-established genus Hylarana, which forms a clade with Pulchrana, Sylvirana, and related genera. It occurs in Southeast Asia, from lowland moist forests to montane areas up to about 1 200 m, inhabiting lakes, marshes, gardens, degraded forest, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and introduced vegetation on Sulawesi and the Philippines.

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