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* Asian gliding frogs (''Rhacophorus'') live in trees and have wide webbing between their fingers and toes that helps them glide up to 15 metres (50 feet). | * Asian gliding frogs (''Rhacophorus'') live in trees and have wide webbing between their fingers and toes that helps them glide up to 15 metres (50 feet). | ||
* Two of the most amazing frogs are the gastric brooding frog (''Rheobatrachus silus'') and the coqui frog of the Puerto Rican rainforest. The gastric brooding frog gives birth through its mouth, [http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/wildlife/threatened_plants_and_animals/endangered/southern_gastricbrooding_frog/] and coqui frogs use their lungs to help them hear. [http://www.users.bigpond.com/rdoolan/frogs.html] | * Two of the most amazing frogs are the gastric brooding frog (''Rheobatrachus silus'') and the coqui frog of the Puerto Rican rainforest. The gastric brooding frog gives birth through its mouth, [http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/wildlife/threatened_plants_and_animals/endangered/southern_gastricbrooding_frog/] and coqui frogs use their lungs to help them hear. [http://www.users.bigpond.com/rdoolan/frogs.html] | ||
* The Wood Frog, (''Rana sylvatica'') from the Ranidae family, is the only frog found north of the Arctic Circle. It is able to freeze completely solid in the winter and survive to thaw out in the spring. [http://enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?recnum=AR0033][http://enature.com/articles/detail.asp?storyID=213&utm_source=eNature+Master+List&utm_campaign=4195610be7-February_Newsletter2_22_2010&utm_medium=email] It does this (if the freezing happens slowly enough) by secreting extra glucose to protect bodily organs and letting water from its body accumulate in abdominal spaces where its expansion when frozen will not disrupt tissues. It is interesting to think of how this could have evolved. | |||
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