how frogs live

Many frogs are so poisonous that they can afford to flaunt their colors!
 It is very bright because most animals know that eating a colored frog like this would be deadly!

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Some frogs and toads rely on a combination of camouflage and poisons.
For example, the Oriental Firebellied Toads, like the one on the left, are well camouflaged when seen from above by having black and greenish spots all over their backs. They look just like the types of mosses frequently found in the streams where they are usually found. But when startled on land, they often will raise the head, exposing their bright orange bellies! When the toads are "freaked out" they secrete a poisonous film that can make you sick. The color on their tummies signifies poison!The frog on the left is a Red poison arrow frog

The Chilean Four-eyed frog has a pair of eyespot marks on its rear end. They are really big poisonous glands with spots on them, but it looks like eyes when you look at them from behind. The spots usually are covered by the thighs when the frog is sitting, but when it feels any threat, it will expose the "fake eye spots" and cause them to swell up a bit, which (hopefully for the frog) will fool the predator into thinking that he is bigger and meaner than he really is!