How to Use tree frog in a Sentence

tree frog

noun
  • Per Mongabay, the Prince Charles stream tree frog, a.k.a.
    — Kelli Bender, People.com, 1 Dec. 2024
  • The species in question is called Cope's gray tree frog.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 20 Aug. 2013
  • This is ideal habitat for tree frogs, and some of the species hiding in the foliage are found nowhere else in the world.
    — Jonathan Kolby, National Geographic, 7 Apr. 2016
  • Most of them were tree frogs, which accounted for seven of the nine frogs found alive.
    — Marie Fazio, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Live long and prosper…with frogs There are seven new species of tree frogs to add to the family tree.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The red-eyed tree frog, as its name implies, has some pretty striking orbs.
    — Ernie Mastroianni, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2017
  • More in the mood for a tree frog, a hermit crab and a deadly battle of leopard vs. steenbok?
    — CNN, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Gondwana was a warm, forested place — a perfect home for tree frogs.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 14 May 2025
  • Cuban tree frogs have bulging eyes and large toe pads and can range in color from almost white to a dark brownish green.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2024
  • For instance, birds and tree frogs must adjust their twitters and chirps just to be heard above the din of rush hour traffic.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 9 July 2018
  • The western laughing tree frog is the 248th species of frog identified in Australia.
    — Julie Depenbrock, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
  • While the genital-less wasps tried to bite their tree frog assailants, all 17 were devoured.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Spring peepers are a type of tree frog, are about an inch in length, and are known for their distinctive croaking, which helps the frogs to find a mate.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Lucky hikers might even spot a Pacific tree frog, especially near the small pond at the start of the trail.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
  • The group learned about tree frogs, mole salamanders, African bullfrogs, and more during the session.
    — Michael Walsh, Courant Community, 23 Apr. 2018
  • There is also a species of tree frog, a dung beetle and a genus of dinosaurs named after the character.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 13 June 2024
  • But while most tree frogs are on the prowl for night-flying insects, one species is after the sugary nectar in the flowers.
    — Asher Elbein, Scientific American, 6 May 2023
  • And so is the sound—just one Surinam golden-eyed tree frog can make a call that’s audible from hundreds of yards away.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
  • On rainy nights on the verdant coastal plains outside Rio de Janeiro, groups of tree frogs sometimes gather around the pearly white flowers of the milk fruit tree.
    — Asher Elbein, Scientific American, 6 May 2023
  • For all those years the Pacific tree frog has given us their great evening and morning chorus.
    — oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2019
  • Even the tadpoles of Cuban tree frogs compete with the tadpoles of native frogs, making the species an even stronger invasive threat.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2023
  • Spring peepers, wood frogs, gray tree frogs, and other amphibians head to these vernal pools and call out for mates.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The mating calls of male Panama cross-banded tree frogs are synchronized to confuse bats and midges.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The mating calls of male Panama cross-banded tree frogs are synchronized to confuse bats and midges.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Wood frogs, spring peepers and grey tree frogs can be heard in many parks, as well, though the noisy anurans grow quiet as humans approach.
    — cleveland, 27 Mar. 2020
  • In the mountainous forests of New Guinea, scientists have described a new kind of tree frog whose males sport a single, fleshy spike on their nose.
    — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 7 June 2019
  • Cuban tree frogs release a toxin from the skin, so don't ever touch them with your bare hands.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 June 2026
  • Sunrises from the balcony are almost as relaxing as falling asleep to the sounds of hundreds of tree frogs.
    — Hayley Domin, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2026
  • Although some whales, cicadas, and tree frogs can sing (or seem to sing) too, this ability also belongs to nearly half of all the world’s birds!
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • This small tree frog, found in a bamboo forest, is characterized by its strong arms and yellow fingertips.
    — Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025

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