Trail 3 - Why the forest is a good home for frogs!

Tree frogs like me, as our name suggests, mainly live in rainforests. We don't just need trees to live, we also need to be near to water. Because we live in the trees, our long legs mainly help us to climb, but we are good swimmers too!

In the rainforest, plants grow in LAYERS.

The BOTTOM LAYER, or forest floor, is made up of plants and ferns. The lower layer of trees is called the UNDERSTORY. The next layer up is the CANOPY LAYER where most of the animals and insects live.

The TOP LAYER consists of giant trees up to 75 metres tall that tower over the rest of the forest!

Many rainforest plants are very useful.

Food such as pineapple, banana, grapefruit, avocado and coconut originated there, as did many spices like chocolate, vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon, black pepper, ginger and paprika.