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Frogs
Frogs are amphibians which are present all across the globe in many different species. They are adapted for life in the water with many evolutionary characteristics, such as having the ability to breathe through their skin, having webbed feet and finger joints and many others. In this category, you will discover questions related to frogs in any shape or form.
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What unusual physical adaptation do the gliding leaf frogs have?
Gliding leaf frogs are a species of frog native to the rainforests of Central and South America. They have an unusual physical adaptation that allows them to glide through the air. This adaptation is known as the "parachute effect" and it is produced by their large webbed feet and flattened body shape. The webbed feet act as an airfoil providing lift and the flattened body helps to reduce drag. As a result these frogs can glide up to distances of 50 feet!
The gliding leaf frog also has other unique physical characteristics that help it to survive in its environment. These include:
- Large eyes with vertical pupils allowing it to see in the dark
- A sticky tongue used to catch small insects
- A flat tail used for swimming and gliding through the air
- A bright green and yellow coloration providing camouflage among the leaves of the forest floor
The gliding leaf frog\'s physical adaptations make it a truly remarkable species and a great example of how evolution can shape an animal\'s form and function.
What signals the beginning of a frog's mating season?
There is many different signals for many different frogs. Can you be more pacific?
My tadpole isn't swimming much is that ok?
yes, that is OK. they don't swim very much. If it doesn't move at all when you poke it gently with a stick, then your little buddy has probably gone to Tadpole Paradise(if it was a christian tadpole).
What do toad's fear and what are the predators of a toad?
Commonly toads fear people and snakes. Snakes and mice are predators of toads.
Mice do not eat toads..
Where do the internal nostrils opens?
The internal nostrils of the frog open into the frogs mouth. When the nostrils open it allows air to enter the enlarged mouth.
"You can try putting up screens. It should help." This is a stupid answer, if we were all morons this might be helpful. I believe you want to rephrase your question for these morons online to understand, like this: "How do I get rid of frogs already in my home? (presumably hiding behind furniture and such)" And sadly I have the same problem so I got no answer either. 'But helpful answers would be 1. Ways to bait them or attract them out from hiding places. 2. ways to make the places they choose to hide unbearable so they will come out where you can then catch them and put them outside. 3. ways to prevent them from re-entering
And the last one I can answer any cleaning chemical or even possibly natural cleaning supplies spray all doorways and even porch if it won't damage it with them regularly once a week at least every day works better or every other day. and they will not cross that spray they don't like clean smells. (go figure they live in swamps mainly the dirtiest places on earth.)
1&2: The best solution is have a cat that hunts and just wait until they draw them out they hopped behind the tv in my house and I could not get rid of them, but then after hours searching the internet for ways to get rid of them, simply waiting would have worked the cats quickly found and started playing and hunting them until they were out in the open where I took a disposable cup and lid and did the old cup and slide to capture them then I simply threw them out side where they go started leaving the porch light off and using a key light instead and sprayed the door seals with a mild cleaner they have not come back I have sprayed the door seals every week at least though.
Can a tadpole live in sink water that's been sitting in sun for a day?
yes it has been sienctificly proven that tadpoles can live in sink water as long as it doesn't have food scraps and bubbly water
How other than netting can you keep frogs out of your hot tub?
You can't keep them out. Just klll them. When you open the cover, have 4 paper towels in your hand kind of wadded up a bit so you don't touch them. They won't move, so you need to move fast. Grab them with the paper towels in your hand, wrap the towels up around them and sqeeze hard. Kill them. If you don't they will come back. Don't get attached. They're nothing but vermin, carrying diseases. They'll crap in your tub. Kill every one you find. When it freezes, they will be gone.
Who found the smallest frog ever found in Oklahoma?
Kathy Jo Bryant and King Daniel Logan LaFevers found the smallest frog ever found in the State of Oklahoma and arguably the entire northern continent on a fishing trip in southeastern Oklahoma, Pittsburg County. June 2009
Type of frog that starts with t?
Some frogs that start with t are the Tusked Frog, and the Torrent Frog.
That depends on the frog. Some frogs and toads or poisonous or venomous. Here is something most people wouldn't think of though. When poison dart frogs are kept in captivity, they are not poisonous. When removed from their normal habitat, they loose the foods they eat responsible for making them poisonous.
Yes, but they can also be completely harmless.
What country did frogs come from before Australia?
Australia has 216 native frog species which have always lived on the continent. Different species can survive in a variety of habitats, from wetlands and rainforests to dry deserts where they dig holes and hibernate until a wet season comes.
How could the environment be affected with the removal of frogs?
The most likely scenario for the evolution of all amphibia, vertebrate animals who live partly in and partly outside the water, is the following:
At some time, all vertebrates were aquatic animals, spending all of their lives submerged in water. A combination of competition, scarcity of resources and predation would have caused groups of vertebrates to adapt first to seeking out ever shallower waters, and eventually even venturing out of the waters for periods of time - for instance for mating, reproducing or food gathering. Thus ambhibia would have evolved.
Some subset of these early amphibia would then have adapted even further, spending more and more time on land, eventually leaving the water altogether. From these groups have evolved all modern land-dwelling vertebrates.
How do you determine a frog's gender?
- A rule of thumb: males ears tympanic membrane (the circle "thingy" right behind the eyes) is larger than his eye. In females, the tympanic membrane is smaller than the eye. This will work in most cases with frogs, but this will not work with tree frogs or toads.
- look at the frogs thumb pad. if it is thick or big, its a male. if it looks like a regular hand sorta would, its a female
- The male frogs usually have a larger thumb than the female frogs.
- Well the female is 2 1/2 - 3inches and the males are about 2- 2 1/2 inches + the males croak.
- to tell a frogs gender is very simple look at the back legs and if the middle finger is longer then the others it's a female if it's short it's male
- the females are darker and the male is lighter
- The same way you would find the gender of most other animals with two genders, via observation of the sexual organ present at the lower bottom of the Frog. Male would indicate the animal have the male 'input', and a female would require the obvious female 'output' or 'hole'.
- Female frogs are generally larger, and males frogs generally have a dark patch on its feet or toes to 'grip' the female with during mating, but it varies between each species. in most species only males sing, and males and females throats may be a different color. before you can tell the difference you will have to work out which species your frog is.
- you look at there head and if the head is round on a frog then it is a boy
- MALE: The males have a high pitched croak (well lets just say higher than the females!)
- FEMALE: The females have a low pitched croak (lower then the males...)
- Male frogs have adhesive thumb pads on the medial surface of the first toe of each foreleg, females don't.
- if the neck is bumpy it is male
- males are smaller than females
- males croak to loud noises, vacuums, and to find mates at night
- those are some ways to find out they are easier to tell on adults than on younger ones Male frogs have thumb pads...they have fatter thumbs than females of the same species. It gives them an advantage to holding on to the back of the female during spawning.
- I would also like to point out that there has always appeared to be less males than females. Generally, the female is larger. Her skin is rougher and has more bumps. She is silent and her throat sack is not dark in color. The male has smoother skin and is much smaller. His arms are thick and powerful looking compared to a female.
- Male frogs have very fat "thumbs". During spawning, the male needs to hold on tightly to the female. He does so by jamming his thumbs into her flanks.
- Well the organs are on the inside so if you aren't planning on dissecting it, then it's the one on top when mating. Also, some species of frogs have different markings based upon their sex.
At Adulthood, most female frogs and toads (and Salamanders and Newts, for that matter) are larger than the males so that the female can support the male in amplexus (amphibian mating)
It always depends on what type of frog you have, but with most frogs, males are smaller than females. Also, look at their hands. Males have thick black pads on their thumbs for clinging onto females during the mating process. During mating season, usually the male will go up high on a branch, tree, or leaf and croak to attract a female, while the females stay low and will not croak at all.
frogs don't have external organs like we do. The only way to tell is to look inside of them. You would have to cut them and check for the uterus. (if it is present it is a female)
Why is green pacman frog better than a albino pacman frog?
Albino pacman frogs require more care then a regular pacman, albino's require certain lighting that wouldent normally be a problem for other pacman frogs.
