Glass Frogs

Mr. Samuel E. Frog was a great man. From the morning of October 15, 1927 to April 29, 2017, Mr. Frog has always inspired others by saying that they could be whomever they wanted to be. He was one of the rare amphibians you could really depend on and trust. He was constantly supporting each and every one of his children’s dreams, no matter how big or unrealistic.

Which amphibian has red eyes, yellow feet, and looks like a leaf? Red Eyed Tree Frogs of course! Because Frogs are amphibians, they spend most of their time in water or wet places. Interestingly, Female will lay their eggs in water, when these eggs hatch they become tadpoles. These baby frogs have many stages such as, developing back legs, growing front legs, becoming a juvenile frog, and finally losing its tail and becoming an adult. Red Eyed Tree Frogs Wake up at dusk and go on the prowl for insects and fruit, which are its main diet. Also, when red eyed tree frogs sleep, they curl their feet and shut their eyes, they look exactly like a leaf, this helps from camouflage from predators. These loveable leaping

The preferred habitat for this species are wet areas such as river bottomlands, floodplains, wet prairies, and marshes. However, relatively drier habitats are often used in summers. They feed primarily on small rodents, but may also consume frogs, other snakes, and nesting birds. Breeding generally occurs during summer or early fall, although it can occur

Lobsters that are smaller than 1-1/2 inches hide in coral or see weeds. This provides shelter from predators such as flounder, cod, ocean pout, monkfish, sculpin, wolffish, and dogfish. When lobsters are adults they are much less vulnerable. The only predator for adult lobsters is man. Big lobsters inhabit offshore areas and only return home seasonally to shallow warmer waters. A female lobster can carry up to 50,000 eggs. A female lobster can only mate after it has molted. The developing embryos remain attached to the female for an estimated 9 to 11

Chupacabras feed on animal blood. Their tactic is to sneak up on their prey in the dark of night, and latch their fangs onto wherever they can. While most attacks show puncture wounds in the neck, there have been reports of them being in the belly and rib area of the animal, like they were pouncing on their prey from behind. They feed on any and all livestock, with chickens, goats, and sheep being the most commonly reported animals. Cattle and swine have also been reported, along with domesticated dogs and cats.

Have you ever wondered if there was an animal that was clear and you could see inside it and out the other side? Well you can my essay will be about one of the coolest the 1 the only Glass Frog!

Have you ever imagined a creature with transparent skin? Well, the glass frog is one of them. I know that some of you might think that they’re completely transparent like clear glass, but they’re not. The glass frog is generally transparent lime green in color like green stained glass and sometimes have transparent, clear skin on their bellies or chest so you can sometimes see their heart pumping! But not all glass frog has translucent skin! These little creatures are two centimeters to three centimeters long and many other species can grow up to eight centimeters long.

espite their small size, sea dragons are carnivorous animals and therefore have a purely meat-based diet. The sea dragon uses its pipe-like snout to suck its prey into its oddly tooth-less mouth. Sea dragons hunt crustaceans, plankton, shrimp and even small fish, using their camouflage to their advantage. Sea dragons have numerous natural predators in the south and western coastal waters of Australia but are rarely even spotted to the elaborate camouflage of the sea dragon. Those few sea dragons that are unlucky enough to be found, are usually spotted by large fish. As with sea horses, it is the male sea dragon who care for the eggs once they have been laid by the female. The female lays around 250 eggs onto the long tail of the male sea horse.

it has smooth or slimy skin, frogs tend to lay eggs in clusters. Unlike Toads, Toads have stubby bodies with short hind legs, for

Their target prey is usually fish (both bony fish, and sharks and rays). They will also eat crustaceans, sea turtles, cetaceans (such as dolphins), and squid.

A glass frog that closely resembles Kermit the Frog has been found! Hyalinobatrachium dianae was recently found in the tropical wet forests and premontane rainforests in Costa Rica by researchers from the Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center in April 2015. H. dianae is a type of glass frog that belongs to the genus Hyalinobatrachium and the family Centrolenidae, which consists of about 150 different glass frog species. Senior researcher Dr. Brian Kubicki named the glass frog in honor of his mother, Janet Diane Kubicki, who passionately supported natural history, fishes and amphibians. Today, a very small population of H. dianae can be found at elevations between 400-800 meters in Central and South America.

The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus has eight arms so reach her prey with. Rodents, frogs, bird nest eggs, are a couple of their enjoyable meals that they ingest. With eyesights similar to humans they can see well in both day and

It is also prey to other animals, such as horse conch, grouper, sea turtles, cobia,

Females produce offspring all year round which could explain why it makes up over half of the Tyto alba’s diet (Poor 2005). The next most abundance prey species found in the Tyto alba’s pellets is the Mus commonly known as mice. One thousand two hundred and seven muses were found with a relative abundance of 21.4%. The Rattus was the third most abundant species in the Tyto alba’s diet. Commonly called rat, 436 Rattus were identified in the pellets representing 7.7% relative abundance. This data indicated that there was not an abundance of either species in the Tyto alba’s habitat. It was also observed that the biomass of the Rattus constituted for 37% of the prey species identified while the Mus constituted for only 9% even though it was consumed more. The is a result of the Rattus being almost twice the size of the Mus, therefore, they provide more energy when consumed (Kennedy 1999). Other prey species identified accounted for less than a quarter of the Tyto alba’s diet are Soricidaes, Aves, and Talpidae commonly called shrews, birds, and moles respectively. They have a combined total of 375 with a combined relative abundance of 6.6%. Categorized as others (Figure 2) these species did not have a large population in the Tyto alba’s habitat, therefore, the relative abundance of these species we

One reason, frog’s habitat are being destroyed by humans. In text, it says, “Amphibians like these fishless habitats, but humans drain them in order to create land for housing, parking lots and shopping malls.” It shows that people don’t understand that they are hurting frogs by destroying many parts of the frog’s habitat.