It is impossible to claim that the air elements widely captured a class of amphibious animal (amphibians). Not so there is a lot of aeronauts from among frogs. Today in planet airspace Earth it is possible to observe only representatives of family of Copepoda of frogs.
Frog Copepoda – who are they?
Of course, to say that frogs mastered airspace, too early. So-called representatives of family of Copepoda of amphibians are the only more or less flying frogs. They do not fly up above wood kroner, however do not stop being surprising beings.If in an emphasis to consider Copepoda of the frogs sitting on a branch of some tree, then to guess that they just about will fly up, it will be hard. Usually the flying animals have wings or special bodies replacing them. The flying frogs have nothing similar at all, however all of them fly up.
Technology of flightIt is possible to call Copepoda of frogs planeristka safely! Before flight commission, they peculiar inflate the little body, quite widely move apart fingers and stretch the swimming membranes which turned at this family of amphibians into flying. Then frogs aeronauts jump forward, having the pads so that without shadow of doubt to turn into the uniform plane. It should be noted that the design of this "aircraft" of Copepoda of frogs is very mediocre. For example, the leopard flying frogs living on islands of the Malay Archipelago quite easily can overcome the distance equal 3/5 from that height with which they jump. For example, a chernolapy frog who lives in the neighbourhood with leopard (also in Thailand and in Laos), jumping from height in 10 m, 14 m fly by. It is necessary to mark out also the Javanese flying frog. She, of course, is less talented, than "chernolapka", however nevertheless is capable to overcome distances in 10-12 m.
Way of life of the flying frogs
The vast majority of individuals of family of Copepoda of frogs lead mainly wood life. Representatives of a genus of the flying frogs fly generally. The fact is that their long fingers on pads connect among themselves special membranes. Tips of these fingers – blown up. These swellings are necessary in order that the frog could keep strongly on any given wood trunk. When she sits down, for example, on a smooth leaf, swellings on fingers are flattened, turning into special suckers which hold amphibious on branches of trees during rest.
Where do they live?
The family of Copepoda of frogs is considered quite extensive and includes more than 400 different types. Traditional habitats of these aeronauts-glider pilots are tropical zones of Southeast Asia, Japan, Central and South America (including Madagascar), islands of Quiet and Indian oceans.