Costa Rican Creatures

A guide to tell readers about red eye tree frogs

By Hayes.P.Benzan

Table of contents

Introduction 1 Where in the world 2-3 Body parts 4-5 Prey and predators 6-7 Life cycle 8-9 Conclusion 10 Glossary 11 Bibliography 12

Table of contents

Introduction 1 Where in the world 2-3 Body parts 4-5 Prey and predators 6-7 Life cycle 8-9 Conclusion 10 Glossary 11 Bibliography 12

Introduction

If you're lucky you have been to the beautiful island of Cost Rica. In Cost Rica there are beautiful beaches and resorts. If you go into the near by rain forest you will experiences the world of amazing colorful frogs. It will be an experience you will never forget. There are many amazing frogs but the one I am going to tell you about is the awesome Red Eye Tree Frog. Let's find out what they munch on, who their evil attackers are, what their life cycle is like, and of course their amazing body features.

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Costa Rica

Introduction

If you're lucky you have been to the beautiful island of Cost Rica. In Cost Rica there are beautiful beaches and resorts. If you go into the near by rain forest you will experiences the world of amazing colorful frogs. It will be an experience you will never forget. There are many amazing frogs but the one I am going to tell you about is the awesome Red Eye Tree Frog. Let's find out what they munch on, who their evil attackers are, what their life cycle is like, and of course their amazing body features.

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Costa Rica

Here no. Here no. Here yes! Red Eye Tree Frogs live in Central America that's 4,182 miles away! In Cost Rica on the leaves of Kapok they hop around looking for food. I bet you can't find them because there all the way in the canopy of the rain forest. You might also find them in a lake or river. They live live every where in Cost Rica but mostly in a forrest. But if you see them any where else there will be branches near it.

Where In the World

The rainforest is an extreme place to live. It has two seasons a hot, dry season and a wet, cold season. During the dry season the temperature can reach over 100 degrees F. In the wet season the temperature can drop to 60 degrees and it gets anywhere from 80 to 260 inches of rain. That would give us a flood because we only get about 40 to 50 inches of rain in the United States. So how does the tree frog survive in this outstanding habitat? He has amazing body features.

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Here no. Here no. Here yes! Red Eye Tree Frogs live in Central America that's 4,182 miles away! In Cost Rica on the leaves of Kapok they hop around looking for food. I bet you can't find them because there all the way in the canopy of the rain forest. You might also find them in a lake or river. They live live every where in Cost Rica but mostly in a forrest. But if you see them any where else there will be branches near it.

Where In the World

The rainforest is an extreme place to live. It has two seasons a hot, dry season and a wet, cold season. During the dry season the temperature can reach over 100 degrees F. In the wet season the temperature can drop to 60 degrees and it gets anywhere from 80 to 260 inches of rain. That would give us a flood because we only get about 40 to 50 inches of rain in the United States. So how does the tree frog survive in this outstanding habitat? He has amazing body features.

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Body parts

For where they live they have special bodies. Their legs are shaped like m's to help them Jump away from greedy predators. Another way they avoid predators is that there eyes don't blink unless they know there are no predators near. Red eye tree frogs hands have suction cups on them so They can jump onto leafs. The red eye tree frog special body's that help them live In there dangers habitat.

For where they live red eyed tree frogs have very special bodies. There legs are shaped like m's to help them jump away from greedy predators. Another way they avoid predators is that there eyes don't blink, so they can distract predators and get away. Red eye tree frogs hands have suction cups on them so they can stick on to leaves. The red eye tree frog special Body that helps them live in this dangers habbit.

Red eye tree frogs also use there body parts for things other than avoiding predator like getting prey, with there tongue. As there fetching their prey they can catch prey with any tongue because there tongue is a extremely long tongue. But that's not the only body part that helps them kill prey. Their eyes do to with their slick eyes that really help find little predators in such a dark place.

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Body parts

For where they live they have special bodies. Their legs are shaped like m's to help them Jump away from greedy predators. Another way they avoid predators is that there eyes don't blink unless they know there are no predators near. Red eye tree frogs hands have suction cups on them so They can jump onto leafs. The red eye tree frog special body's that help them live In there dangers habitat.

For where they live red eyed tree frogs have very special bodies. There legs are shaped like m's to help them jump away from greedy predators. Another way they avoid predators is that there eyes don't blink, so they can distract predators and get away. Red eye tree frogs hands have suction cups on them so they can stick on to leaves. The red eye tree frog special Body that helps them live in this dangers habbit.

Red eye tree frogs also use there body parts for things other than avoiding predator like getting prey, with there tongue. As there fetching their prey they can catch prey with any tongue because there tongue is a extremely long tongue. But that's not the only body part that helps them kill prey. Their eyes do to with their slick eyes that really help find little predators in such a dark place.

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Deep in the pitch black rain forest hiding under a leaf a little colorful frog called a red eye tree frog hops around looking for something to eat. This frog likes crickets, flys, and especially moths. Suddenly the frog sees a moth and with it's 1in stick tong that's longer then their body catches the moth only in one second. After that delicious feast the red eye tree frog has to get back home soon there's a sake in the trees sadly it's one of the frog predators a evil snake, the frog quickly jumps away but a toucan could of came too. Next the red eye tree frog pops out her babies on to a leaf. We should be happy she saw the snake if not it would of eat her babies.

Prey and predators

Snake eating eggs

One of the frog's great pray

Toucan

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Deep in the pitch black rain forest hiding under a leaf a little colorful frog called a red eye tree frog hops around looking for something to eat. This frog likes crickets, flys, and especially moths. Suddenly the frog sees a moth and with it's 1in stick tong that's longer then their body catches the moth only in one second. After that delicious feast the red eye tree frog has to get back home soon there's a sake in the trees sadly it's one of the frog predators a evil snake, the frog quickly jumps away but a toucan could of came too. Next the red eye tree frog pops out her babies on to a leaf. We should be happy she saw the snake if not it would of eat her babies.

Prey and predators

Snake eating eggs

One of the frog's great pray

Toucan

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Red eye tree frogs start as a egg like you would think but when the mother lays a egg there's a huge pack with a few dozen eggs in it. The mother lays the eggs on a leaf above the water. But in a few weeks the eggs will drop. Then the tiny eggs will hatch into tadpoles for a new form of the frog.1 down 3 to go. Tadpoles are animals that grow up to be a froglet, the whole processes can take up to 2 years . When they are tadpoles the frogs look like eels so be careful not to get confused but how you can know is if the eels have tiny arms and legs that means they are a tadpole. If not watch out! Froglet. Froglets are the 3rd to last stage of the frog there just like a frog but they still have their tale. They start as a brown ugly froglet but when they grow up there are as colorful as a red eye tree frog. Last but not least the fully grown frog, when the froglet is 2 years old it turns into a frog. And those are the stages of a red eye tree frog.

Life cycle TadpolesEggs

Froglet Frog

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Red eye tree frogs start as a egg like you would think but when the mother lays a egg there's a huge pack with a few dozen eggs in it. The mother lays the eggs on a leaf above the water. But in a few weeks the eggs will drop. Then the tiny eggs will hatch into tadpoles for a new form of the frog.1 down 3 to go. Tadpoles are animals that grow up to be a froglet, the whole processes can take up to 2 years . When they are tadpoles the frogs look like eels so be careful not to get confused but how you can know is if the eels have tiny arms and legs that means they are a tadpole. If not watch out! Froglet. Froglets are the 3rd to last stage of the frog there just like a frog but they still have their tale. They start as a brown ugly froglet but when they grow up there are as colorful as a red eye tree frog. Last but not least the fully grown frog, when the froglet is 2 years old it turns into a frog. And those are the stages of a red eye tree frog.

Life cycle TadpolesEggs

Froglet Frog

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Glossary

Habitat - where a animal lives

Kapok -a type of tree in the rain forest If you have ever been to Costa Rica you have probably have seen a red eye tree frog liying around or watching out for terrifying toucans or a slithering snakes , but did you know that frogs help us too? With our medical and our food frogs can really be a big help you might thing that they try too kill us with there poisonous sting but all they try to do with there poisonous is get there food just like us when you go to stop and shop

Conclusion

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Glossary

Habitat - where a animal lives

Kapok -a type of tree in the rain forest If you have ever been to Costa Rica you have probably have seen a red eye tree frog liying around or watching out for terrifying toucans or a slithering snakes , but did you know that frogs help us too? With our medical and our food frogs can really be a big help you might thing that they try too kill us with there poisonous sting but all they try to do with there poisonous is get there food just like us when you go to stop and shop

Conclusion

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Bibliography

Books Tree Frog Dee Phillips 1967 Frogs Martin Schwabacher 2004 Red-Eyed Tree Frog Joe Cowley 1999 Websites Mud puddle http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/frog_mudpuddlemate?source=relatedvideo Red eyed tree frog http://allaboutfrogs.org/info/species/redeye.html Google images 12

Bibliography

Books Tree Frog Dee Phillips 1967 Frogs Martin Schwabacher 2004 Red-Eyed Tree Frog Joe Cowley 1999 Websites Mud puddle http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/frog_mudpuddlemate?source=relatedvideo Red eyed tree frog http://allaboutfrogs.org/info/species/redeye.html Google images 12