What is the difference between toad, frog and tree frog?

Although many people are confused, these three jumping animals have many differences between them, both in morphology, behavior and zoological classification. In common they have the fact that they are classified as anurans, the name given to amphibians that do not have a tail. “Toads, in general, belong to the bufonidae family, although there are species distributed among other frog families”, says zoologist Célio Fernando Haddad, from the São Paulo State University (Unesp), in Rio Claro (SP). They prefer to live on land and only look for aquatic environments when they go to breed. In Brazil, one of the most common species is the cane toad (Bufo marinus). Frogs are the most skillful of these three types of frogs. They can jump up to 1.5 meters long and 70 centimeters high. “The family of ranidae is the most numerous, although in Brazil there is only one species of this family (Rana palmipes). The other Brazilian frogs belong to another family, the leptodactylids”, says Célio. Tree frogs, like toads, don’t like ponds either. They usually live in trees and belong to several families. The most extensive is that of the hylids, which includes the European tree frog (Hyla arborea) and the tiny grass frog (“grass tree frog”), which measures only 1.75 centimeters.