What is Differences and Similarities of Frogs and Toads?

 

One of the most common questions is, "What is the difference between Frogs and Toads?". Many people don’t know the difference between frogs and toads. But, before I tell  you about defferences, I will tell you about similarities.

The similarities between they are right from the way their eggs look and hatch to the time taken for a tadpole to become a frog or a toad. Both the frog and the toad are amphibians that live in both land and water. The word amphibian comes from the Greek words amphi and bios, which mean "double life". They both have long life spans of thirty to forty years. Frogs and toads have similar diets. They are omnivorous feeding on insects, worms, small fish, algae, and other swamp creatures. In general, frogs prefer a moist environment, while toads have adapted to both dry and moist environments. There is no difference in lifespan for frogs and toads. The average frog or toad lives for 7 to 14 years while some live to be 40.

Most of us confuse frogs and toads because they look very similar. If only we cared to take a closer look, we can see there are some differences between the two.

They are quite different animals, although they belong to the same animal group. These frogs have the characteristics are need to live near water, have smooth, moist skin that makes them look “slimy”, have a narrow body, have higher than toads, rounder than toads, bulgier eyes, have longer hind legs, take long high jumps, and have many predators than toads. Frogs have teeth in their upper jaw. Frogs can be found on every continent except Antarctica. They are referred to as the "true frogs" because of their generalized body form and life history. Members of this family include the bullfrog, common frog, green frog, leopard frog, marsh frog, pickerel frog, and wood frog.

And than the characteristics of Toads are do not need to live near water to survive, have rough, dry, bumpy skin, have a wider body, have lower, football shaped eyes, have shorter, less powerful hind legs, will run or take small hops rather than jump, do not have many predators. Toads have no teeth. True Toads can be found worldwide except in Australasia, polar regions, Madagascar, and Polynesia, though Bufo marinus has been artificially introduced into Australia and some South Pacific islands.

However they look very similar, but actually they are defferent animal and I hope, we can differentiate frogs and toads. That is all comparison between frogs and toads.