Frog Flashcards
Classification of frog
One – kingdom
Two – phylum
Three – sub phylum
Four – super class
Five – class
Genius and species, –
One – Animalia
Two – Chordata
Three – vertebrata
Four – tetra Poda
Five – Amphibia
Genus – Rana
Species – tigrina
During peak, summers and peak winters, frogs are usually not spotted. Make deep burrows and go to.
Aestivation and hibernation
Colour change is called
Camouflage
Protective colouration to hide from enemy is known as
Mimicry
Frog body is divisible into
Head and trunk
Neck and tail is absent
Colour of body
One – dorsally – olive green with dark irregular spots
Two – ventrally – pale yellow
Skin of frog
Moist
Smooth
Slippery – has a lot of mucus
Frog never drinks water, but absorbs through skin
To protect their eyes underwater, they have a covering over it called as
NICTITATING membrane
A pair of eye present within orbit of skull
Behind the eyes a membranous fold is present to receive the sound vibrations
Tympanum
Limbs
One – four limbs – – – one pair and ends in four digits
Two – hind limbs – – – ends in five digits and our web, more muscular
Sexual dimorphism is present in frogs
One – vocal sack are present in male flog, which is used to produce croaking sound during breeding season
Two – a copulatory pad is present on the first digit of four limbs
Where the copulatory pad is present in frog
First digit of fourlimb
Do frog have body cavity?
If yes, why?
Frog has body cavity required for placing all the organ systems
Why the frog has shorter intestine
Because they are carnivorous
Digestive glands in frog is present in
Liver and pancreas
Parts of alimentary canal of frog
Mouth – buckle cavity –pharynx – food pipe – stomach – in intestine – cloaca
Parts of intestine in frog
One – small intestine – DUODENUM and I LEUM
Two – large intestine – rectum
Secretion of liver and what its function
Lever bile juice
It EMULISIFICATION of fat
Where the bile juice secreted by liver is stored
Gallbladder
What is CHYME?
When food mixes with gastric juice in stomach is known as
What is secreted by pancreas? And what its function.
Pancreatic juice
It has enzymes to digest protein and carbohydrate
What kind of tongue is present in frog?
The tongue is bilobed and prehensile
Protein digesting enzymes released in stomach as known as
PEPSINOGEN
What carries the bile and pancreatic juice to small intestine?
Common bile duct
