are toads and frogs the same thing?
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Frogs have long legs, longer than their head and body, which are made for hopping. Toads, on the other hand, have much shorter legs and prefer to crawl around rather than hop. Frogs have smooth, somewhat slimy skin. Toads have dry, warty skin.
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Frogs have smooth skin and long limbs. Toads have warty skin and short limbs. Salamanders and newts have long, slender bodies with tails. The four limbs of salamanders and newts are more evenly sized.
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Because of their slender bodies and long tails, salamanders look somewhat like lizards, and people often confuse the two. But lizards are reptiles, whereas salamanders are amphibians (as are frogs and toads). Lizards have scales and claws; salamanders do not.
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Amphibians are small vertebrates that need water, or a moist environment, to survive. The species in this group include frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts. All can breathe and absorb water through their very thin skin. Amphibians also have special skin glands that produce useful proteins.
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Amphibians are frogs, toads, newts and salamanders. Most amphibians have complex life cycles with time on land and in the water. Their skin must stay moist to absorb oxygen and therefore lacks scales. Reptiles are turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators and crocodiles.
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Frogs Legs? Pescetarian or Not? ... Frogs are cold blooded like fish but are called amphibians which, according to Merriam-Webster, is a “cold blooded vertebrate, intermediate between fish and reptiles, having gilled aquatic larvae and air-breathing adults”… So according to that definition, we can eat pollywogs!
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What do toads eat? Toads have huge appetites and have always been considered the gardener's friend. They will pretty much swallow and living animal that they can manage, which includes caterpillars, beetles, slugs, spiders, snails, woodlice, ants, and even larger prey like newts, young frogs and even small mice.
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Midwife toads (Alytes) are a genus of frogs in the family Alytidae (formerly Discoglossidae), and are found in most of Europe and northwestern Africa. Characteristic of these toad-like frogs is their parental care: the males carry a string of fertilised eggs on their back, hence the name "midwife".
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Frogs and toads are carnivores, which means that they will eat meat. Small to medium sized frogs eat insects such as flies, mosquitoes, moths and dragonflies. Larger frogs will eat larger insects like grasshoppers and worms. Some large frogs will even eat small snakes, mice, baby turtles, and even other smaller frogs!
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The difference between a bullfrog and a green frog: A bullfrog has a ridge that runs from the back of the eye around the tympanum and then stops. On the green frog, this ridge extends beyond the tympanum down along the back of the frog.
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Reptiles include snakes, turtles and lizards, while amphibians include toads, frogs and salamanders, according to Mass Audubon. One difference between reptiles and amphibians is their relationship with water. ... Frogs are amphibians. They spend time on land, but in their larval stage, as tadpoles, they live in water.
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Frogs are more than just a pretty face and voice that our backyard ponds feature; frogs add to the diversity of species that our ponds support along with our fish, plants, insects, and other wildlife. They help create a more complete eco-system.
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Frogs are also typically longer than toads. Also, frogs have smooth, slimy skin; toads have dry, bumpy skin.
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Tadpoles of frogs and toads are usually globular, with a laterally compressed tail and internal gills. When first hatched, anuran tadpoles have external gills that are eventually covered by skin.
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Amphibians are small vertebrates that need water, or a moist environment, to survive. The species in this group include frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts.
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❤️❤️ "Anura" is the scientific name for animal "frog". Anura is also called Salientia. It is one of the major extant orders of the amphibians which includes frogs and toads.
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Tadpoles not just baby frogs. ... A tadpole is the aquatic larva or immature form of frogs and toads, after the development of the internal gills and before the appearance of the forelimbs and the resorption of the tail.