FROGS vs.  TOADS

Many people don’t know the difference between frogs and toads.  They are quite different animals, although they belong to the same animal group.

Frogs:

• Need to live near water
• Have smooth, moist skin that makes them look “slimy”.
• Have a narrow body 
• Have higher, rounder, bulgier eyes
• Have longer hind legs 
• Take long high jumps
• Have many predators

Toads:

• 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.  Toad’s skin lets out a bitter taste and smell that burns the eyes and nostrils of its predators, much like a skunk does.

And neither frogs nor toads will give you warts! That is just a myth.

Frog

  

Toad

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