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A Frog’s Life Written by Greg Pyers

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A Frog’s Life

Written by Greg Pyers

22a Second-HandDog

22b SimpleMachines

22c MyMumtheInventor

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A Frog’s Life

Written by Greg Pyers

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Males . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Females . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Babies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Tadpoles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Froglets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Adult Frogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Introduction

Green tree frogs are often bright green . They have long legs and large, sticky discs on their toes, called toe pads . Toe pads stick to surfaces like suction cups and help the frogs climb trees . Green tree frogs are active at night . During the day, they sleep in cool, dark places, such as holes in trees .

The frogs’ toe pads can grip even very smooth surfaces .

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Green tree frogs can be found all over northern and eastern Australia . They live in damp areas, such as rainforests . They also live in people’s gardens . Sometimes, they come inside houses, and people have even found them in toilets!

A green tree frog likes damp conditions, but copes with dry ones, too .

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All over the world, green tree frogs are popular pets . This is because they live for a long time and are easy to look after . Some pet green tree frogs escaped in Florida in the United States . Now, green tree frogs live in the wild there .

Where Green Tree Frogs Live

Australia

United States

Where green tree frogs live

Florida

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