green frog; tree frog
Refers to various green-colored frogs, often tree frogs (family Rhacophoridae) or true frogs (family Ranidae) that are green. In everyday use, it typically means a small green frog found in gardens and rice paddies.
I found a green frog in the garden.
青蛙が田んぼで鳴いている。
Green frogs are croaking in the rice paddy.
forest green tree frog; Rhacophorus arboreus
Schlegel's green tree frog
Standard kanji spelling for the green frog.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially for children or when the kanji are not needed.
Compound of 青 (あお, 'blue/green') and 蛙 (かえる, 'frog'). The reading あおがえる follows standard rendaku voicing of the second element.