Fantastic Frogs

1. Fantastic Frogs Fun Frog Facts to Share With A Friend By Linda Thornton Mid Valley Elementary

2. Frogs are amphibians. That means they can live in the water and on land. Frogs start life as eggs in the water. They grow and change. Finally they can live in water and on land. Amphibians

3. Frogs go through metamorphosis. Frogs start life as an egg. They grow and change into a tadpole. The tadpole becomes a froglet. The froglet becomes a frog. Metamorphosis

4. Eggs Pictures from Google Images

5. Tadpoles Pictures from Google Images

6. Froglet Picture from Google Images

7. Frog Picture from Google Images

8. Think Pair Share Tell how a frog starts life. How do they grow and change?

9. Metamorphosis

10. Frogs can live everywhere in the world except Antarctica. Some frogs live: by ponds and creeks. in trees. in the rainforest. in the desert. in the mountains. Habitats

11. Movement • A frog’s strong back legs help it to jump. Most frogs can jump ten times their body length. • It’s webbed feet help the frog to swim in the water. Some frogs use their webbed feet to glide in the air. • Some frogs have pads on their toes to help them climb. Pictures from Google Images

12. Think Pair Share Tell your partner three ways frogs can move.

13. Food • Frogs eat insects, worms, spiders, snails and anything that will fit into their mouth. Larger frogs might eat mice, baby birds, lizards and snakes. Frogs only like to eat live prey. They swallow their food whole. Pictures from Google Images

14. Camouflage Camouflage helps keep frogs safe from their enemies. Camouflage also helps frogs to catch their prey. Pictures from Google Images

15. Frogs have: moist soft smooth skin long muscular back legs bright colors such as red, blue, yellow and green Toads have: dry bumpy “warty” skin short hind legs dull colors Frog Vs. Toad What’s the difference?

16. Frog or Toad? How do you know? Dry bumpy “warty” skin Dull colors Short back legs

17. Frog or Toad? How do you know? Moist, soft, smooth skin Long muscular back legs Bright colors

18. Did you know? • The world’s largest frog is the Goliath Frog. • The smallest frog is a tiny Tree Frog.

19. Did you know? • Male frogs croak to attract a mate. • A frog’s croak is his way of talking. Picture from Google Images

20. Did you know? • There are over 100 different kinds of poison dart frogs. • Poison dart frogs live in the rainforest of Central and South America. • When the frog gets scared it releases poison through it’s skin. • The food the frog eats is what makes it poisonous. • Poison dart frogs are brightly colored.

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