Frog Life Cycle

A tadpole is an invertebrate and an adult frog is a vertebrate.

A tadpole breathes with gills and an adult frog breathes with lungs.

A tadpole can change colors and an adult frog can stay the same color.

A tadpole is a type of fish and an adult frog is an amphibian.

It buries itself underground and comes out when it rains.

It steals water from other animals like snakes and birds.

It travels across the hot desert to look for pools of water.

It uses its webbed feet to glide in the air and cool down.

Frogs and toads are both reptiles.

Frogs and toads start life as tadpoles.

Frogs and toads are in the same family.

Frogs and toads are both vertebrates.

to hide in its environment

to warm up its body

to scare the predator away

to cool down its body

to blend in with the dirt on the forest floor

to warn predators that they are poisonous

to help stay dry in their wet environment

to get attention from insects and other prey

The trout carry diseases that spread through the water to the frogs.

The trout block sound so frogs cannot communicate with each other.

The trout pollute the water, which causes frogs to get sick and die.

The trout eat eggs and tadpoles, so frogs cannot grow and survive.

a species that is brought to a new area or habitat

a species that has died and none of its kind is left

a species that can live on both land and in water

a species that naturally lives or grows in a habitat

Most frogs move to warmer places in the winter.

Frogs can live in saltwater oceans or seas.

Tadpoles can lay eggs in water or on land.

Many frogs can breathe through their skin.