Amazing Tree Frogs!

article by Rose Collison, photos by Patrice Johnson and Rose Collison

Tree frogs represent a diverse family of amphibians that includes over 800 species. Not all tree frogs live in trees. Rather, the feature that unites them has to do with their feet. The last bone in their toes is shaped like a claw.

Tree frogs also have toe pads to help them climb and many have extra skeletal structures in their toes. Tree frogs come in a variety of colors, but most of the species found in the United States are green, gray, or brown. Some of them, like the squirrel tree frog, are chameleon-like in their ability to change color.

Gray tree frog doesn’t care which way is up.

Green tree frog enjoys a quiet rest on the arm of a patio chair.