flying frog
Webbed-foot parachutist
A flying frog is any of several tree frog species that can glide through the air using enlarged webbed feet and skin flaps along their limbs.
Found in Southeast Asian and South American rainforests, they launch from high branches and spread their membranes to slow descent and control direction: The flying frog glided fifty feet to a lower branch.
Skin-connected toes for swimming
- parachuteDrag-creating descent device
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- controlled descentIntentional, regulated falling
- airborneTraveling through air
drift · soar · leap · skin flaps · aerial · launch · landing · trajectory
Upper tree layer, tropics
- treetopUppermost branches
- BorneoSoutheast Asian mega-island
- MalaysiaSoutheast Asian federation
- IndonesiaSoutheast Asian archipelago nation
Malabar · jungle · tropical · arboreal · branch · foliage · humid · endemic
Skin-connected toes for swimming
- parachutingControlled freefall using canopy
- Southeast AsianFrom that tropical peninsula region
- tadpoleImmature aquatic amphibian
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
herpetology · ectothermic · vertebrate · moist skin · nocturnal · insectivore · toe pads · croaking
webbed feet
Skin-connected toes for swimming
- parachuteDrag-creating descent device
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- controlled descentIntentional, regulated falling
airborne · drift · soar · leap · skin flaps · aerial · launch · landing · trajectory · wind resistance
rainforest canopy
Upper tree layer, tropics
Indonesia · Malabar · jungle · tropical · arboreal · branch · foliage · humid · endemic · biodiversity
webbed feet
Skin-connected toes for swimming
- parachutingControlled freefall using canopy
- Southeast AsianFrom that tropical peninsula region
- tadpoleImmature aquatic amphibian
metamorphosis · herpetology · ectothermic · vertebrate · moist skin · nocturnal · insectivore · toe pads · croaking · spawn
- tree frogs
- amphibiansnewt, toad, toads, tadpole, tadpoles
- frogsbullfrog, spring peeper, tadpole
- Gliding Animalssugar glider
- Southeast Asian Rainforestorangutan, Sumatran tiger, rafflesia, hornbill, gibbon
- Southeast Asian wildlifeorangutan, tigers, elephants, Sumatran tiger, orangutans