Created by:

Donna Pavelka

StephanieHulon

What do you What do you know about know about

frogs?frogs?

Frogs absorb water through their skin Frogs absorb water through their skin so they don't need to drink. so they don't need to drink.

Frogs usually eat meat (bugs and Frogs usually eat meat (bugs and worms) and swallow their food worms) and swallow their food whole. whole.

One type of desert frog can wait as One type of desert frog can wait as long as seven years for water by long as seven years for water by surrounding itself in a type of surrounding itself in a type of transparent bag that becomes its transparent bag that becomes its

first meal once the rain comes.first meal once the rain comes.

Most baby animals look Most baby animals look like their mom and dad, like their mom and dad,

just smaller.just smaller.

Mommy?

Daddy?

But baby frogs do not look anything like their mom or dad!

Mommy!

Hi Baby!

A frog begins life as an egg, or spawn.

Frog Babies

The eggs hatch. Tiny tadpoles come out. Tadpoles are tiny

frogs.

TadpoleAt Six to Nine Weeks

of Development

•The tadpole has hind legs.•There’s a bulge in the body

where the front legs are developing.

•The shape of its head is changing to look like that of a

frog.

FROGLET: 10 – 12 WEEKS

•It looks like a miniature frog with a tail.

•The tail gradually becomes shorter and it is absorbed.

•The froglet spends more time around the edges of ponds.

Adult Frog

•at 12 weeks is adult frog•lives on land

Can you list the stages in the life cycle of a

frog?