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A species of tree frog from Malaya is even more adapted for scrambling and
leaping after flying insects. This is Wallace’s Tree frog and it has webbed feet
with specially long fingers and toes. When the frog launches into a leap it
stretches the fingers and toes wide apart, and the increase in surface area
enables it to glide downwards for considerable distances. It does not fly so
much as glide, but the advantages is that the frog can catch insects which it
would otherwise be unable to reach by jumping normally.
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