Frog Coloring Pages

• Red-eyed tree frog: sticky toe pads let it climb leaves and even glass
• American bullfrog: the largest frog in North America, with a deep call that sounds a little like a cow
• Poison dart frog: blue, yellow, red or orange skin that tells predators to stay away
• Glass frog: the skin on its belly is see-through, so you can spot its heart
• Toad: a kind of frog with dry, bumpy skin and short legs for hopping instead of leaping
• Tadpole: hatches with a tail and gills, then grows its back legs first
• Froglet: a young frog that still has a stub of tail

A frog starts life as an egg in water, hatches into a tadpole with a tail and gills, grows legs, loses the tail and climbs out as an air-breathing frog. That change is called metamorphosis. Frogs don't drink with their mouths. They soak up water through their skin. When a frog swallows, its eyes sink down into its head and help push the food along. Most frogs catch insects with a sticky tongue that flicks out faster than you can blink.

Green is only the beginning. Tree frogs are bright lime, bullfrogs are olive with brown blotches, and toads are tan, gray or reddish brown. Most frogs have a pale cream or yellow belly, so keep the underside light. Leave a white highlight on each eye and on the wet skin of the back to make the frog look shiny. For poison dart frogs, markers give the punchy colors you need: try bright blue with black spots, or yellow with black bands. Lily pads are flat green circles with one notch cut out.