Life Cycle of A Frog

Life Cycle of a Frog
PRESENTED
Why some people Scared on
frog?
 Some people are having a trauma
on this kind of amphibians the
“FROG”, they think that frog is
like a monster but they did not
think what is the role of the frog
why this frog exist. God not made
a creature without its purpose.
Frog is the one who is responsible
to eat all the mosquito and other
flies. It has an important role in
our wonderful world.
That’s the Life of a Frog
True Love?
True Love?
 When Frogs mate, the male frog tends to clasp

the female underneath in an embrace called
amplexus. He literally climbs on her back,
reaches his arms around her "waist", either just
in front of the hind legs, just behind the front
legs, or even around the head. Amplexus can
last several days! Usually, it occurs in the water,
though some species, like the bufos on the right
mate on land or even in trees!
 While in some cases, complicated courting
behavior occurs before mating, many species of
frogs are known for attempting to mate with
anything that moves which isn't small enough to
eat!
Spawn (egg-mass)
 While in the amplexus position, the male
frog fertilizes the eggs as they get are laid.
Frogs tend to lay eggs single eggs in
masses, whereas toads usually lay eggs in
long chains.
Some frogs leave after this point, but
others stick around to watch over the little
ones. Some have very unusual ways of
caring for their young. You'll learn about
some of those later in this tour!.
Egg
 Frogs and Toads tend to lay many many eggs because there
are many hazards between fertilization and full grown frog
ness! Those eggs that die tend to turn white or opaque. The
lucky ones that actually manage to hatch still start out on a
journey of many perils.
Life starts right as the central yolk splits in two. It then
divides into four, then eight, etc.- until it looks a bit like a
raspberry inside a jello cup. Soon, the embryo starts to look
more and more like a tadpole, getting longer and moving
about in it's egg.
Usually, about 6-21 days (average!) after being fertilized, the
egg will hatch. Most eggs are found in calm or static waters,
to prevent getting too rumbled about in infancy!
Some frogs, like the Coast foam-nest tree frog, actually mate
in tree branches overlooking static bonds and streams. Their
egg masses form large cocoon-like foamy masses. The foam
sometimes cakes dry in the sun, protecting the inside
moisture. When the rain comes along, after development of 7
to 9 days, the foam drips down, dropping tiny tadpoles into
the river or pond below.
Tadpole
 Shortly after hatching, the tadpole still feeds on the
remaining yolk, which is actually in its gut! The
tadpole at this point consists of poorly developed
gills, a mouth, and a tail. It's really fragile at this
point. They usually will stick themselves to floating
weeds or grasses in the water using little sticky
organs between its' mouth and belly area. Then, 7
to 10 days after the tadpole has hatched, it will
begin to swim around and feed on algae.
After about 4 weeks, the gills start getting grown
over by skin, until they eventually disappear. The
tadpoles get teeny tiny teeth which help them grate
food turning it into soupy oxygenated particles.
They have long coiled guts that help them digest as
much nutrients from their meadger diets as
possible.
By the fourth week, tadpoles can actually be fairly
social creatures. Some even interact and school like
fish!
Tadpole with legs
 After about 6 to 9 weeks, little tiny legs
start to sprout. The head becomes more
distinct and the body elongates. By now
the diet may grow to include larger items
like dead insects and even plants.
The arms will begin to bulge where they
will eventually pop out, elbow first.
After about 9 weeks, the tadpole looks
more like a teeny frog with a really long tail.
It is now well on it's way to being almost
full-grown!
Young Frog, or Froglet
 By 12 weeks, the tadpole has

only a teeny tail stub and looks
like a miniature version of the
adult frog. Soon, it will leave the
water, only to return again to lay
more eggs and start the process
all over again!
Frog
 By between 12 to 16 weeks, depending
on water and food supply, the frog has
completed the full growth cycle. Some
frogs that live in higher altitudes or in
colder places might take a whole winter
to go through the tadpole stage...others
may have unique development stages
that vary from your "traditional" tadpole-
in-the-water type life cycle: some of
these are described later in this tour.
Now these frogs will start the whole
process again...finding mates and
creating new froggies.
THANK YOU!
 THE END!
 Presented by:
 Louie Fe Delapina

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