Question | Answer |
what are the differences between the frogs front and hind legs | the front is short for support and balance and the hind is long and muscular for leaping on land and swimming in water |
what does distal mean | farthest from midline |
what happens to the eyes when a frog dives or swims | eyes are retracted into eye sockets |
muscle groups that work together in the frogs limbs are called------------- and------------- | flexors and extensors |
what is the pylorus | valve by stomach and duodenum food leaves somach here and goes into the intestine |
what filters liquid of dissolved wastes in the frog | kidneys |
how many heart chambers and name them | 3 the ventricle right atrium- auracle left atrium- auricle |
name three organs of respiration for the frog | lungs skin and buccal lining |
which sex are fat boddies found in | both male and female |
EX CREDIT how many total digits are found on three frogs together | 54 |
most common frog in the us | leopard frog |
largest frog in this area | bull frog |
name 3 predators of frogs and toads | fish alligators birds and snakes |
teeth that trap insects- point towards throat | vomerine teeth |
how or where frogs lay eggs are deposited | leaves at pond bottom or floating masses on the pond surface |
winter in soft mud under stones minimal life functions this is? | hibernation |
what period occurs in the spring | breeding period |
where in the mouth is the tongue attached | front |
where in the mouth does incects end up in | back |
name three types of organisms studied in herpetology | frogs toads salamanders lizards snakes |
give one main difference between a frog and a toad | a frog lives in water a toad lives in land |
three different frog besides leopard frogs and bull frogs | green wood chorus cricket tree gray tree |