In many tropical frogs, the males have brighter more vibrant colors. Frog eggs do not have a shell, so they need some kind of moisture to keep them from drying out until they hatch. Some frogs have come up with amazing ways to keep their eggs wet besides laying them directly in water.
There are frogs that lay eggs under leaves above water in damp rainforests and when they hatch the tadpoles fall into the water where they can develop into little froglets. There are some frogs that carry their eggs on their back and the male Darwin frog actually swallows the eggs and keeps them in his vocal sac until they hatch! Yes, many frogs can change color.
Frogs change color to help hide from predators by matching the colors of their surroundings. The also change color to help control their body temperature as some colors absorb more or less light and can cool or warm them up. They use pigment cells called chromatophores to change color. Most frogs cannot completely change their color, instead they change the shade lighter or darker of their basic color.
Some frogs are slimy because they are covered in a mucous coating. This coating helps them keep their skin moist which helps them breathe through their skin.
The mucous often contains other chemicals, like antibacterial or anti fungals to help protect the frog. Other frogs actually secrete a waxy coating that they spread across their body to help retain moisture in areas that have high temperatures or if they are active during the day.
The white stuff is secreted toxins. Some salamanders and frogs or toads secrete noxious chemicals as deterrents to predators. These secretions can be relatively mild to highly toxic. If you see white stuff on an amphibian skin, do not touch it! Yes, frogs have lungs like we do and if their lungs fill with water, they can drown just like us. Frogs can also breathe through their skin.
They need to keep their skin moist to be able to breathe through their skin, so if their skin dries out they are not able to absorb oxygen.
They use their skin to absorb oxygen when underwater, but if there is not enough oxygen in the water, they will drown. To not waste all the nutritious protein found in their skin. Besides everything else, frogs are cold-blooded. Their body temperature is not maintained by their metabolism, as ours is.
They have to keep healthy by moving into and out of warmer and cooler places. Speaking of dining, tadpoles are mostly vegetarians, eating algae and other plant life. Adult frogs are carnivores that devour insects, snails, small minnows and other creatures they can swallow whole. Frogs don't chew their food.
So, how do frogs breathe? They are just another example of the complex and fascinating world of our complex field and forests. E-mail: prisk sfasu. Sorry , an error occurred.
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Unlike mammals that draw air continuously into their lungs, frogs only breathe through lungs when necessary. Because they lack a diaphragm to help regulate the pressure in their lungs, frogs must use their throats, nostrils and mouths together to bring in and expel gases. The moisture on the skin dissolves oxygen from the air and water surrounding the frog and transmits it into the blood. Though moist skin is essential for this process, frogs are not limited to skin respiration only when under water.
Bidgee, Wikimedia Commons. You've probably heard of breathing through lungs or breathing through gills, but have you heard of breathing through your skin? Unfortunately, humans can't do that. But the ability to breathe through skin, which is called cutaneous respiration, is a common trait in amphibians.
The frog is a good example. Essentially, a frog's skin is thin, and it has a lot of blood vessels. Tadpoles have gills, which eventually go away, because adult frogs grow lungs, but cutaneous respiration is helpful in winter, when frogs often hibernate underwater. Frogs don't have to get their oxygen from the air. Frogs usually hibernate in oxygen-rich water, which is how they can breath all winter long. When we think of frogs, we think of how slimy they often are.
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