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21 Oct 10 View Image Stuck in a spider web 29 Sep 10 View Image Flying Tree Frog 2 29 Sep 10 View Image Flying Tree Frog A "flying" frog is a frog that has the ability to glide. That is, it can descend at an angle of less than 45° relative to the horizontal. Arboreal frogs (non-flying frogs) can also descend vertically, but only at angles greater than 45°, which is referred to as parachuting. Flying frogs have evolved independently among 3,400 species of frogs from both New World (Hyla) and Old World (Rhacophoridae) families and their evolution is seen as an adaptation to their life in trees, high above the ground