The red-eyed tree frog has a small body and bilateral symmetry. The body is green with red eyes, webbed orange feet, and blue and yellow legs. The frogs typically weigh between six and fifteen grams. They range in size from 51 to 76 millimeters in length. Red-eyed tree frogs are found in tropical lowlands of southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. The frogs live in the trees of the rainforest. The suction cups on their feet and their long tongues help them adapt to their habitat. Their green bodies help them blend in to their habitat and keep them safe from predators. Red-eyed tree frogs mainly eat insects such as crickets, flies, and moths. They use their long, sticky tongues to ambush prey. Juvenile red-eyed
There are some nice adaptations for the Strawberry dart frog. They can extract toxic alkaloids from variance of mites, ants, millipedes, and beetles. When they extract these poisons, they store it in compounds in glands on their skin. Lisa Lester says that when the frog feels threatened, they can release the toxins stored in their glands at the enemy. (Lisa Lester, “Strawberry Poison Frogs Feed Their Babies Poison Eggs”)
What is the most important element of a good story? Although interesting characters, engaging plot development and didactic story lines certainly embellish the story, one could argue that the setting is the most crucial. Not only does the setting provide a baseline of necessary background information, it can also be used to enhance the story, just like the other elements listed. Edgar Allan Poe certainly takes advantage of this in “Hop Frog”, “The Cask of Amontillado”, and the “Masque of the Red Death”. In each of these stories, gruesome horrors occur, and because of the ingenious way Poe uses and manipulates the setting to his advantage, these stories’ horrors are amplified. In “Hop Frog” and “The Cask of Amontillado”, the main characters
Without the horned lizard, the Saguaro desert would fall apart quickly. If you have ever heard someone say, “Hey look! There’s a horned toad!” they are really referring to a horned lizard. They have spines (spikes) to protect themselves from predators. These lizards move slowly, and are patient for their food. They eat mostly insects such as ants, and in the Saguaro desert, they eat kangaroo rats. There are 14 different species of horned lizards. They are different in some ways, but all of their colors resemble their surroundings, and it helps them to stay safer. Horned lizards can survive in many climates and temperatures. If it gets too hot, they burrow with their head sticking out at the surface of the ground. That way, it cools them down without having to go far. Conveniently they can stay in their home for the winter. They survive by burrowing in the ground and hibernating. Horned lizards mostly lay eggs, but for some species, the young are born alive. After the eggs are laid, the parents ...
Ko-kee, ko-kee... are the mating calls of invasive Coqui frogs who have invaded a majority of the Big Island. These Coqui frogs, also known as Eleutherodactylus coqui are native in Puerto Rico and these small frogs are considered their national animal (Singer et al). Coqui frogs were accidentally introduced to Hawaii during a shipment of plants from Puerto Rico to Hawaii in the late 1980's. Coqui frogs are about 2 inches in length and are usually light brown or gray with a stripe down their back. Over the past two decades E. coqui have spread to the four main Hawaiian Islands and other places such as the Caribbean, Florida, and Louisiana (Singer et al). As of today, the Coquis intensive mating calls can be heard throughout every part of the Big Island during the night. While the Puerto Ricans love the sound of the Coquis, many locals in Hawaii dislike them due to the environmental and economic damages they are creating. Coqui frogs are detriment to Hawaii because they are a serious threat to the native insect population, compete for food with Hawaii's native bird population, and cost residents and businesses millions of dollars each year (McAvoy).
The frog’s back is usually textured with coarse tubercles. Its fingers are thinly webbed while the hind foot is more developed. Large disks exist on the fingers and toes to assist with climbing and sticking to objects (Dickerson, 1969). The male and female Grey Tree Frogs are very similar. They are distinguished by the male having a dark underside of his throat. Also the females ears are smaller then the males (Dickerson, 1969).
Michael DuBois Mrs. Ermis English 1302.NO2 10 April, 2016 Revenge at its Finest Like most of Edgar Allan Poe’s work the concept behind both of these stories is the themes of death and revenge. In both “The Cask of Amontillado” and “Hop Frog”, Poe makes it a point to reveal the struggles of both characters and that they seek revenge for what has happened in their past. In “Hop Frog” he decides he has had enough when the king slaps his friend Trippetta for sticking up for him. Along with all the vicious jokes and torture that he puts on both Hop Frog and Trippetta, the physical abuse was just the thing that puts Hop Frog over his limit. In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado”, Montresor seeks revenge on Fortunato for the rude embarrassing
To begin with, the first characteristic that describes Hop Frog is that he is unfortunate of being a fool. One way Hop Frog is unfortunate of being a fool is that he is bullied
They can weigh up to 100lbs, and grow to be 4ft long and 2ft tall! They have short, stubby legs. Their feet are webbed, which makes them excellent swimmers. They need these webbed feet to get away from their many predators such as wildcats and eagles. They have big front teeth as most rodents do. Fur on a capybara can range from red, brown, or gray. Altogether it makes them kinda look like furry pigs!
Cane Toads are also hard to catch and kill. Cane Toads are a little bigger than a tea cup and they live in Australia’s forests making it even harder to notice them. Cane Toads are also amphibians, so they can stay underwater or on land...
Robert Louis Stevenson once said, "...no man is useless while he has a friend" (as cited in BrainyQuote, 2011). Surely the same must hold true for an amphibian. Frog is an example to all species of loyalty, love and companionship. He exemplifies kindness and stability. Sometimes it takes the joyful ease of a children’s book, like the Frog and Toad series, to reveal the basic simplicity of the principles of life.
Bearded dragons and leopard geckos are great pets. In fact both come as close to a perfect pet as a reptile can. Both derived from desert habitats, the bearded dragon from the australian desert and the leopard gecko from the deserts of Asia, Pakistan, and India. Neither reptile is overly active and both love gentle handling and petting. Although they have minor similarities the differences between a bearded dragon and leopard gecko are clear.
An invasive species is one that is unknown to an ecosystem that causes economic or environmental harm to human health. A cane toad (Rhinella marina) is a large, poisonous amphibian with dry skin, that moves with small, quick hops. The average adult cane toad is roughly 15 cm. They were originally from Southern U.S. states and South America. Cane toads are most likely to be found in a range of habitats from coastal land to parts of rainforests; however, they are copious in open fields and grasslands. They feed on just about anything that they are able to fit in their mouths, but they usually eat living insects such as beetles, ants, termites, and other bugs. Cane toads adapt well to their environment and they serve as a dominant species in their ecosystem because they have very few
The habitat of a sugar glider is quite unique. Sugar gliders live in the treetops of forest. They like the forest more than anything because of all the trees for them to get sap and glide back and forth on. These forest are located in Australia, Tasmania, Indonesia, and some forest near the equator. These forests have more than 200 different types of trees, all for the little sugar glider to glide back and forth on.
Although different species may vary in size or color, almost all frogs have the same basic body structure. They have large hind legs, short front legs, and a flat head and body with no neck. Adult frogs have no tail, though one North American species has a short, tail like structure. Most frogs have a sticky tongue attached to the front part of the mouth. They can rapidly flip out the tongue to capture prey. Frogs have such internal organs as a heart, liver, lungs, and kidneys. Some of the internal organs differ from those of higher animals. A frog's heart has three chambers instead of four.
Frogs are usually small animals that have smooth, moist skin, bulging eyes, and external eardrums behind the eyes; the adults lack a tail. Frogs have long hind legs, and most species can take long leaps. Many species also have webbed feet, making them excellent swimmers.