Red-Eyed Tree Frog Adaptations

Because of climate change, some tropical rainforests will turn into swamp-like environments with more standing water on the ground, which will affect the local vegetation and insect life. An animal like the red-eyed tree frog that currently lives in the trees and eats small flying insects will need to adapt to survive in this new environment. Over time, this frog will become less colorful because more greens and less blues and oranges will provide better camouflage on the foliage of swamp shrubs. It will grow larger as it feeds on plentiful larger moths and beetles, and it will develop a larger tongue to do this more efficiently. The future red-eyed tree frog will lay its eggs directly in shallow waters to stay cool and then guard them until hatching. Its cells also will adapt to tolerate brackish water near the coast.