So green, jumpy, and pretty full of life,

That s until a scorpion pierces it like a knife.

Hungry for bugs which it catches by tongue

From which no insect can escape once it's been clung.

Amphibious: living by land and water

Because sometimes it's too wet, and others it couldn't be hotter.

It ain't easy being green,

and few people know what I mean.

It's an eater of other creatures, but not really a predator,

for there are much bigger creatures nature has in store.

Some big enough to eat without stop,

What is this animal that loves to hop?