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Green frog (Rana clamitans melanota). wood frogs reed frog Costa Rican flying tree frog (Agalychnis spurrelli). polka-dot tree frog Blue arrow-poison frogs (Dendrobates azureus). Poison frog (Dendrobates).
Examine how a leopard frog's protruding independent eyes help it catch flies, earthworms, and other prey
Watch a tree frog lay eggs, and see through a glass frog's skin to glimpse its inner anatomy
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
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Black eyed tree frog (Agalychnis moreletii)
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Golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis) aka golden frog, golden poison arrow frog or golden dart frog. Poison dart frog endemic to the Pacific coast of Colombia. Optimal habitat is the rainforest.
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Northern Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla) also known as the Pacific chorus frog in a green and brown morph on dewy leaf about to leap.
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Malayan Leaf Frog - Megophrys nasuta
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Green frog (Rana clamitans melanota).
wood frogs
reed frog
Costa Rican flying tree frog (Agalychnis spurrelli).
polka-dot tree frog
Blue arrow-poison frogs (Dendrobates azureus).
Poison frog (Dendrobates).
Kokoa frog or South American poison arrow frog (Dendrobates auratus).
blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates)
Bullfrog
Examine how a leopard frog's protruding independent eyes help it catch flies, earthworms, and other prey
Watch a tree frog lay eggs, and see through a glass frog's skin to glimpse its inner anatomy
A deadly fungus threatening frog species
How hibernating frogs survive in freezing temperatures
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