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Photo: red eyed tree frog on a leaf; art text reads 'Rain Forest: Life as a Tree Frog'
Photo: tadpoles and baby frogs
Photo: tree frog making a jump
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The babies are called tadpoles. The tadpoles swim, eat, and grow. Soon they grow legs and their tails disappear.

Now they look like frogs. When they leave the water, they use their long legs to jump.

Red-eyed tree frogs have toes like suction cups. Their special feet help them climb. They hunt for meals of insects in trees and on plants.
Photographs by Michael Durham/Minden Pictures (frog with wet leaf), Michael & Patricia Fogden/Minden Pictures (eggs), Tim Flach/Stone/Getty Images (frog climbing on leaf), Michael & Patricia Fogden/Minden Pictures (tadpoles), Gail Shumway/Taxi/Getty Images (leaping frog, two frogs)
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