TROPICAL RAINFOREST

FLYING DRAGON

• The flying dragon lizard has wing like skin flaps on both sides of its body.
• It can actually glide from tree to tree.
• Its "wings" can extend and carry it for many meters.
• The flying dragon is 19-22 cm long
• Its diet consists of ants and termites.

SLOW LORIS

• It's a slow but accomplished, climber, it has strong hands and feet that are capable of grasping tightly.
• It spends the day sleeping up in a tree with its body rolled into a tight ball.
• They can even hang by their tail.
• It has a diet of insects, bird's eggs, small birds, shoots, and fruit.
• They are thought to live in family groups.

CHIMPANZEE

• Chimpanzees are very intelligent and probably one of the most expressive of all animals.
• The chimpanzee has a strong body and long limbs, the powerful arms being longer than the legs.Its hands and feet are narrow and long, with opposable thumbs on the hands.
• It has a diet of plant material, eggs, and insects.
• Chimpanzees are endangered.
• Their scientific name is Pan troglodytes.

RED - EYED TREE FROG

• Red - eyed tree frogs are not poisonous, they rely heavily on camouflage to protect themselves
• They weigh 0.2 - 0.5 oz.
• They are 1.5 - 2.75 in long.
• The red - eyed tree frog has three eyelids on each eye.
• They are nocturnal.

COMMON TREE SHREW

• They climb with great agility in the trees.
• They spend much of their time on the ground feeding.
• Their diet consists of Insects (particularly ants), spiders, seeds, buds, probably also small birds and mice.
• Their scientific name is Scientific Name: Tupaia glis.
• Their tail is 12 - 21 cm long.

BROMELIADS

• Almost exclusively found in the Americas.
• Some bromeliads grow on the ground,but most species grow on the branches of trees.
• The bromeliads broad leaf bases form a water holding tank or cup.
• Their tank can hold from half a pint to 12 gallons or more.
• The tank houses a thriving ecosystem of bacteria,tiny crustaceans, mosquito and dragonfly larva, tadpoles, birds, salamanders, and frogs.

PEACOCK PLANT

• Are found in the low light of the forest floor.
• The plants broad leaves help capture limited light.
• They have striking markings on the top side of the leafs.
• The red-purple pigment on the underside of the leaves is a special adaption that captures green light on the floor of the rainforest.
• The leaves on the peacock plant fold up at night.

ORCHIDS

• There are over 20,000 known species of orchids
• The lower petal has a very distinctive appearance
• Certain species can live for up to 100 years.
• Orchids are used for many things like perfume, spices, and traditional Asian medicines.
• Size of orchids really depends on the species. They can be tiny as a penny or extremely large, weighing couple of hundred pounds.

Pitcher Plant

• Pitcher plants even have a lid.
• Sweet or foul smelling nectar in the pitcher attracts insects.
• The insects lose their grip on the slick sides and fall into the liquid.
• Downward-pointing hairs inside the pitcher keep the insects from escaping.
• The insects are digested by the plants and help provide nutrients.

COCONUT PALM

• The coconut palm is among the most extensively used trees worldwide
• The scientific name for the coconut palm is Cocos nucifera.
• The trunk of the coconut palm can grow 50 - 100 feet tall.
• Leaves on the coconut palm tree are feather shaped.
• The leaves can grow from 13.1 - 19.7 feet long.

Weather and climate

• The climate is very moist, and hot.
• The weather is very rainy. The average temperature is 77 degrees Fahrenheit.

Landscape

• A tropical rainforest consists mainly of moss and other lush plantation, rocks, trees, healthy soil, and grasses. The actual land of a rainforest is usually quite rocky, it isn't uncommon for a rainforest to cover small mountains, and hills. Even though there is a lack of light that reaches the forest floor, countless species of plants, animals, and insects continue to thrive in this biome.

Fun facts

• Tropical rainforests are home to hundreds of different types of trees.
• Rainforests provide people with many different cooking spices such as vanilla, allspice, and black pepper.
• Droppings of birds in the tropical rainforest grow into new plants.
• Because of the amount of trees in the tropical rainforest biome, they are responsible for the majority of the oxygen production in the air that we breathe.
• Insects make up most of living creatures in the tropical rainforest.