The Gliding Frog

The gliding frog, much like the flying squirrel, can glide using it's flappy body as a parachute. Mother Nature gave these creature almost suction cups on the end of each of their toes, allowing them to climb up to the top of trees and glide from heights of about 5 feet. Not much to you and me, but to a small amphibian, quite a distance!

Gliding Frog

The gliding frog is a picky chooser when it comes to trying to find a good tree for a nest of eggs. It usually chooses one overhanging a swamp or marsh, where the babies can fall into the water and begin their life after hatching. The way of a gliding frog's egg hatching is very strange. The mother, after laying her egg, mashes it up with her feet till it looks like beaten egg whites, and the babies are born from that case of gel.

A different species of gliding frog can be found in Southeast Asia, but the true gliding frog is only found in the forests of Java, were it can feast on grasshoppers and other small insects.