Editing Cuban tree frog (section)

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Cuban tree frog
| image = Cuban tree frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) 5.jpg
| image_caption = On [[Grand Cayman]]
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2021 |title=''Osteopilus septentrionalis'' |volume=2021 |page=e.T55811A3032751 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T55811A3032751.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Osteopilus septentrionalis
| authority = ([[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]] & [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]], 1841)
| synonyms = *''Hyla septentrionalis'' <br /><small>A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1841</small>
*''Osteopilus septentrionalis'' <br /><small>— {{ill|Trueb|fr|Linda Trueb|vertical-align=sup}} & {{ill|Michael James Tyler|lt=Tyler|fr|vertical-align=sup}}, 1974</small><ref>[[:fr:Albert Schwartz (zoologiste)|Schwartz A]], [[:fr:Richard Thomas (zoologiste)|Thomas T]]. 1975. ''A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles''. [[Carnegie Museum of Natural History]] Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (''Osteopilus septentrionalis'', p. 45).</ref> 
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The '''Cuban tree frog''' ('''''Osteopilus septentrionalis''''') is a large species of [[tree frog]] that is native to [[Cuba]], the [[The Bahamas|Bahamas]], and the [[Cayman Islands]]; but has become invasive in several other places around the Americas.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Osteopilus septentrionalis|url=https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?SpeciesID=57|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610140441/http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?speciesID=57 |archive-date=2010-06-10 |access-date=|website=NAS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species}}</ref> Its wide diet and ability to thrive in urban areas has made it a highly [[invasive species]] with established colonies in places such as [[Florida]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/frogs/cubantreefrog.shtml | title=Cuban Treefrog }}</ref> the [[Hawaiian island]] of [[Oahu]], and the [[Caribbean Islands]].<ref name="north">{{cite book|last1=Elliot|first1=Lang|url=https://archive.org/details/frogstoadsofnort0000elli/page/28|title=The frogs and toads of North America: a comprehensive guide to their identification, behavior, and calls|last2=Gerhardt|first2=H. Carl|last3=Davidson|first3=Carlos|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|year=2009|isbn=978-0-618-66399-6|location=New York, New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/frogstoadsofnort0000elli/page/28 28]}}</ref> These tree frogs can vary in size from 2 to 5.5 inches (5 to 12.7&nbsp;cm) in length. Due to their large size, Cuban tree frogs can eat a wide variety of things, particularly native tree frogs, and their removal has shown to result in an increase in the amount of native tree frogs in an area.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rice, Waddle, Miller, Crocket, Mazzotti, Percival|date=2011|title=Recovery of native treefrogs after removal of nonindigenous Cuban Treefrogs, Osteopilus septentrionalis|url=https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70036412|journal=Herpetologica|volume=67|issue=2|pages=105–117|doi=10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-10-00020.1|s2cid=84251137|via=USGS|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The tadpoles of Cuban tree frogs also heavily compete with native frog tadpoles, which can cause negative effects in body mass, size at metamorphosis, and growth rates for the native tadpoles.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Smith|first=Kevin G.|date=15 February 2004|title=Effects of nonindigenous tadpoles on native tadpoles in Florida: evidence of competition|url=http://tsusinvasives.org/dotAsset/e9003c9e-23cf-45ca-8bf1-21ce08854558.pdf|journal=Biological Conservation|volume=123|issue=4|pages=433–441|doi=10.1016/j.biocon.2005.01.005|via=ELSEVIER}}</ref>