2. The largest frog is the "Goliath Frog". It can measure up to 1 foot long and can weight as much as newborn baby.
3. Frogs have bulging eyes which gives them to see their front, side and back (partially).
4. The position of their eyes on their heads gives them up to 180-degree field view.
5. Frogs have small teeth on the roof of their mouth, those teeth are not used for biting or chewing, it helps them keep prey from escaping before they swallow it.
6. They don't drink water, they absorb it through their skin.
7. Frogs shed their skin completely about once in a week, and then eat of the old dead skin.
8. Not all frogs are green in colour, they exist in different variety of colours.
9. Some frogs have very bright colours it is called "warning colouration". Mostly the colouration is meant to warn their predators that they contain poison. Some bright coloured frogs mimic poisonous ones in order to survive.
10. The most poisonous frog is the "Golden dart frog" which contain a very strong poison on it's skin. In fact a single touch from golden dart frog can kill a person within 10 minutes.
11. The most weird fact about frogs is when they swallow food, they close their eyes. The eye balls go deep inside their mouth and push the food down their throats.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FROG AND TOAD
Frogs and Toads are both amphibians they have the same body look and so, people use the names interchangeably.
Now we are going to discuss the differences between the
two.
1. Frogs have thin and smooth skin while toads have thicker and warty skin.
. Frogs have wet skin while toads have dry skin.
3. Frogs live in moist environment (usually closer to a water body) while toads live in drier environment
4. Frogs usually have brilliant colours while toads have dull colours.
5. Frogs have teeth on their upper jaw while toads have no teeth.
6. Frogs have long powerful legs for jumping while toads have short legs for hopping or crawling.
7. Frogs have webbed feet (like that of a duck) while toads don't have webbed feet.
8. Frogs have slimmer and longer body while toads have broad and squatty body.
9. Frogs lay their eggs in clusters while toads lay their eggs in form of chains.
10. And lastly, their tadpoles: Frog tadpoles are longer and skinnier while toad tadpoles are short and fat.
That's all!
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