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Red-Eyed Tree Frog

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The red-eyed tree frog flashes its brightly colored body parts when startled. It sleeps by day with its eyes closed and body markings covered, stuck to leaf-bottoms.
Photograph by Paul Zahl

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Frog Features

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It's a Frog's Life

They look like spilled candy, these tropical frogs with the red eyes and outsize orange feet. You'll be tempted to scoop one up and cup it in your hands. But let it go, because the red-eyed tree frog's life is an extraordinary journey.

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Photo of the Day: Tree Frog

Have a look at a tree frog sitting on a rock in Utah's Zion National Park.

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