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"Tree-frog" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the "ll-l-luk" of the tree-toad (Hyla versicolor); and from the aquatic plants, that lined the spring close by, came the merry chirrup of the Hylodes gryllus, or "Savanna cricket." Far up among the leaves of the oaks the little green tree-frog repeated his tinkling bell-like note that fell with a pleasant sound upon the ear. But all these were the usual voices of the night—the voices of the southern forest—and they produced no strange impression ...
— The Boy Hunters • Captain Mayne Reid
... of twilight creep, And sounds that tell of night—sounds that I love: The hooting of the owl, the tree-frog's cry By distance mellowed; and—more distant still— I hear the barking of the village dogs. The breath of evening whispering 'mid the pines, And deepening shadows, bid me homeward turn; And yet I linger—for I seem a part Of lake and mountain, meadow, tree and sky,— And realize how ...
— Canadian Wild Flowers • Helen M. Johnson
... The bi-coloured tree-frog (Phyllomedusa bicolour) is of considerable size, and is the only one of its family at present known. The upper part of the body is of the deepest azure-blue, while the under parts are of a pure white, sometimes of a rosy tinge. The thighs and sides are spotted with the ...
— The Western World - Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North - and South America • W.H.G. Kingston |
Words linked to "Tree-frog" : Pacific tree toad, lowland burrowing treefrog, batrachian, Hyla regilla, Pternohyla fodiens, tree toad, spring peeper, cricket frog, family Hylidae, toad frog, canyon treefrog, salientian, Hyla crucifer, frog, chameleon tree frog, northern casque-headed frog, toad, tree frog, Hylidae, chorus frog, Hyla arenicolor, anuran |
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