Fun Frog Facts

Click on each frog to learn more about it and to find the answers to the questions on the
TASK page.

Click on the tadpole below to discover the steps of the
 Life Cycle of the Frog.

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Click HERE to play a fun FROG matching game!
See if you can name each type of frog while you try to find a match!

What Is The Difference?
Click on the pictures below to learn more about the FROG and the TOAD.

FROG

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 Characteristics of Frogs:
  • two bulging eyes
  • strong, long, webbed hind feet that are adapted for leaping and swimming
  • smooth or slimy skin (generally, frogs tend to like moister environments)
  • Frogs tend to lay eggs in clusters.
Frogs from this family can be found on every continent except Antarctica. They are referred to as the "true frogs" because of their generalized body form and life history: the so-called generic frog.
Members of this family include the bullfrog, common frog, green frog, leopard frog, marsh frog, pickerel frog, and wood frog.

TOAD

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Characteristics of Toads:
  • stubby bodies with short hind legs (for walking instead of hopping)
  • warty and dry skin (usually preferring dryer climates)
  • paratoid (or poison) glands behind the eyes
  • The chest cartilage of toads is different also.
  • Toads tend to lay eggs in long chains. (There are some toads (genera Nectophrynoides), however, that are the only types of anurans to bear live young!)
True Toads can be found worldwide except in Australasia, polar regions, Madagascar, and Polynesia, though Bufo marinus has been artificially introduced into Australia and some South Pacific islands.

Create a Poster!

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Create an informational poster on the website Glogster explaining the life cycle of the frog from tadpole to grown adult. Use graphics, lettering and pictures to make an intersting, colorful and informative board. (click on the word Glogster above to begin creating!)


Click HERE for a list of resources to help you on your mission as a herpetologist, in case you need them!