tree toad

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      7 words ...tree toad • n. another term for tree frog .

Not slippery when wet.

Science News for Kids;  June 14, 2006 ;     298 words ......glass plate, you might break the plate. A tree frog's foot doesn't have so powerful a grip, but...down. Now, scientists have figured out how a tree frog manages to keep its grip. A tree frog's foot is covered with a wet film. This layer...

A `Goliath' tree frog thrives on killing.

The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  October 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ......literally, as scientists recommend. The Cuban tree frog is a pest that pushes out native frogs...established in South Florida, the Cuban tree frog has launched a slow invasion on Central...larger than native species, the Cuban tree frog is the large-chain bookstore of amphibians...

Red-Eyed Tree Frog.

The Horn Book Magazine;  March 1, 1999 ;     246 words ...Joy Cowley Red-Eyed Tree Frog; illus. with photos by Nic Bishop...nocturnal adventures of a red-eyed tree frog. The simple, aptly paced text relates...Do iguanas eat frogs? The red-eyed tree frog does not wait to find out. The brilliantly...

IN YOUR BACK YARD; TREE FROG'S TRILLING CAN BE THRILLING

Dayton Daily News;  May 23, 2002 ;     456 words ......suggested that source was no doubt a tree frog. He conceded that he had seen a rather...surely want to know the origin of the tree frog's formal name - Hyla crucifer. There...ornamental pool in the yard. While the tree frog does have a mottled gray-green skin that...

IN YOUR BACK YARD; TREE FROG'S TRILLING SOURCE OF UNUSUAL NOISE

Dayton Daily News;  May 23, 2002 ;     456 words ......suggested that source was no doubt a tree frog. He conceded that he had seen a rather...surely want to know the origin of the tree frog's formal name - Hyla crucifer. There...ornamental pool in the yard. While the tree frog does have a mottled gray-green skin that...

BOOK REVIEW: "TREE FROG" TAKES CHILDREN ON JOURNEY THROUGH RAIN FOREST,...

Sun Publications (IL);  January 14, 2000 ;     246 words ......colors and one itty-bitty, buggy-eyed tree frog on a mission. Sprinkle with assorted...book titled the "Journey of the Red-Eyed Tree Frog" by the husband-and-wife team of Martin...as the brave, little "moist-skinned" tree frog journeys for the answer to how to stop...

'Frog Hotels' Keep Amphibians Out of Pool

AP Online;  June 27, 2004 ;     536 words ......up the vacancies. His invention, the "Tree Frog Hotel," is a small house built of compressed...frogs around, started researching the tree frog and began constructing a home the nocturnal...importance of keeping these frogs around. The tree frog is a nocturnal, arboreal species that...

Sacramento, Calif., Cocktail Waitress Wins Back Pay for Wrongful...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 24, 2000 ;     365 words ......had collected the $1,040.25 that the Tree Frog Tavern in Modesto owed Kelly Costa for...April 1998, Costa, who had worked for the Tree Frog for six months, was told that the female...prompted the EEOC to file suit against the Tree Frog's new owner, Bryan Bunch. Filing suit...

Tree frog on Maui worries officials

Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  February 17, 1997 ;     524 words ...WAILUKU - An alien tree frog with a sound that shatters the peaceful...it's unknown at this time whether the tree frog will have a significant impact on...inches long with its legs extended. The tree frog is a golden brown, with darker markings...

TREE FROG'S DEFENSE MAKES SENSE

Post-Tribune (IN);  January 26, 1997 ;     662 words ......most fascinating creatures. The squirrel tree frog -think of him as a cross between Bullwinkle...is only the beginning of the squirrel tree frog's claim on our attention. When threatened...Instead we stand there in a puddle. Tree frog would have escaped The one time I got...

NSW: Survey to determine Green Tree Frog numbers

AAP General News (Australia);  January 19, 2001 ;     351 words ......01-19-2001 NSW: Survey to determine Green Tree Frog numbers SYDNEY, Jan 19 AAP - They like...sudden decline in the once common Green Tree Frog species in New South Wales has triggered...authorities to determine its numbers. The Green Tree Frog, known for a distinctive "crawk" that...

Jumping into love: Tree-frog ritual really hops

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 11, 1997 ;     357 words ...It's easy to overlook the tiny tree frog. It climbs and hops about its business...they can be heard calling at dusk, the tree frog's song if you could call it that puts...trill. It's really pretty nondescript." "Tree frog" is by no means a misnomer; they're perfectly...

High-up hoppers.(red-eyed tree frogs)

Ranger Rick;  July 1, 1995 ;     355 words ......one branch to another. It's a red-eyed tree frog! With a big hop, the little frog soars...across a leaf. But right now the little tree frog doesn't care. He isn't after a meal...seems to shout. That big bubble under the tree frog's throat is his vocal sac. When the sac...

tree frog

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      48 words ...tree frog • n. an arboreal frog (families Hylidae, of Eurasia, America, and Australia; and Rhacophoridae...and is typically small and brightly colored. The numerous species include the common green tree frog ( Hyla arborea ) of southern Europe