Difference between frog and tadpole

Answer 1

Frogs start out their life as eggs. A female frog lays the eggs, and a male frog then fertilizes the eggs. The fertilized eggs will generally take one to three weeks to hatch. What hatches from the eggs is called a tadpole. As the tadpole ages and matures, it goes through a process called metamorphosis. Throughout this phase, the body of the tadpole gradually transforms into a frog.

1. Diet

   • When the tadpole first hatches, it is too frail to find food on its own. Luckily, the remainder of the yolk from its egg is in its stomach when it hatches; this sustains the tadpole for its first week of life. Once it develops strength and coordination, the tadpole will begin to feed on algae and other underwater foliage. At around two months into its life, its diet of plants is supplemented by bugs and small organisms.

     Soon after, the tadpole becomes a frog. Young frogs will still eat a diet that includes algae and foliage. As they mature, they become better at hunting live prey. Eventually, the staple of the diet of a frog is bugs and worms. A frog's sticky tongue traps insects. Though their diet consists mainly of bugs, some frogs have been known to eat small fish.

   Body Structure

   • A tadpole starts out as a body mass with an elongated tail. As metamorphosis takes effect, it begins sprouting legs and arms and grows small teeth that allow it to eat algae and small bugs. The body elongates, and the tail shrinks. The main difference, however, in the body structure of a tadpole is that it has gills. Gills allow the tadpole to breathe underwater. This is important because it does not have legs and arms yet, or the muscular structure to support itself on land.

     Frogs have a strong muscular structure that allows them to be mobile both on land and in the water. Their hind legs are long and powerful, and their feet are webbed for greater swimming efficiency. Most importantly, mature frogs breathe through lungs instead of gills. Mature frogs can no longer breathe under water.

   Movement

   • Tadpoles have one way of moving: swimming. Tadpoles will stay in the water until they evolve into frogs. Young tadpoles are not very proficient swimmers and attach themselves to foliage until they are more developed. As they mature, the tadpoles begin to learn to swim by moving their tails back and forth.

     Frogs, on the other hand, can both swim and hop. The difference between a frog swimming and a tadpole swimming is the means of propulsion. Tadpoles use their tails, but frogs have no tails. Frogs use their hind legs and propel themselves forward in a kicking motion. On land, frogs can move by hopping around, something that tadpoles are not capable of.

Answer 2

A tadpole breathes through gills whereas the frog breathes through its skin in water and through its lungs on land. The tadpole also has a tail which shortens while it grows and when it reaches adult stage, the tail is gone. Tadpoles have no legs and they only live in water. Adult frogs dont.
a tadpole has a tail, and a frog has legs!

A frog is a grown up tadpole. A frog has four legs.

Answer 3

tadpole breathe with gills and then when the tadpole started to grow legs and arms, the lung will come and the frog will breathe with lungs so dont forget to put a log or something to go on so the frog can breathe

Answer 4

A TADPOLE IS DIFFRENT from a frog yes it is well a tadpole is just a baby so it looks diffrent from a frog a frog used to be a tadpole but now they are big so they grow up like we do and change the way they look while growwing.do not go yet. thanks you need more anwers just call this cell by the way cell stands for cell phone ok 561 584 1644 just call this cell and say may i speak to lizzie duplan and tell the person on the phone your name and i will be with you not to long to answer your problem thank you for reading

Answer 5

Size and color. Toad tadpoles are smaller and tend to be dark brown to black, never getting any bigger than an adult thumbnail (for size comparison).

Answer 6

Toads can be homosexual, and frogs cannot. Some male toads have been found "hugging" as said by some scientists.

Answer 7

tadpoles and frogs ar the same thing, except the tadpole is a baby frog.