What's the difference between frogs and toads?

The differences between frogs and toads are: different shapes, different categories and different habitat habits.

First, the appearance is different.

Frog: Frog's body can be divided into three parts: head, trunk and limbs. Frog has four toes on its front foot, five toes on its back foot and webbed feet.

2. Toad: Toad is the general name of Anura and Bufonidae, belonging to the amphibian Bufonidae. The most common toad is the big toad, commonly known as toad. The skin is rough, and the back is covered with pimples of all sizes, which are sebaceous glands.

Second, the categories are different.

1. Frog: Anura, suborder, new frog, family, Ranidae.

2. Toads: Anura, suborder, concave suborder, family, Bufonidae.

Third, different habitat habits.

Frogs: Because their skin is naked, they can't effectively prevent the evaporation of water in their bodies, so they can't live without water or wet environment all their lives. They can only live in water when they are young, and they can live on land when they grow up. Frogs breathe with their lungs, but they can also draw oxygen from the air through wet skin. Various pigment cells in its skin will also expand or contract with the change of humidity and temperature, thus changing the depth of skin color. Frogs usually inhabit rice fields, ponds, ditches or grass by the river, sometimes they lurk in the water and usually hunt at night.

2. Toad: I like to hide in mud holes, under wet stones, in the grass and beside ditches. Skin loses moisture easily, so it often hides during the day and comes out at dusk. Most adult toads live in underwater sediments or wet soil on land for winter. Stop eating, store glycogen in the body to maintain the lowest metabolism, and end hibernation when the temperature rises to 10 ~ 20℃ in the following year. They hunt and move at night, feeding on beetles, moths, snails and fly maggots. Artificial reproduction is easier than other frogs.

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