These Javan tree frogs are small because they spend the majority of their lives perched in trees, and their weight must be fully supported by twigs and leaves | Check out the rounded ends of those froggy fingers and toes! Those disc-shaped adhesive pads are what allow them to manoeuvre about on trees |
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This is so they can blend into their jungle environs and avoid the attention of predators like snakes, spiders, bats and owls |
While most tree frogs there are 800 species all over the world are green, brown, or grey, these Javans are brightly coloured.
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