Chelsie Stone Kim Hill English 1101 3 March 2015 Frog vs. Toad Most people find it difficult to distinguish a frog from a toad. They have a tendency to mix them up or think that they are the same thing. Although they seem so similar in appearance‚ they indeed have many differences including physical features‚ abilities‚ and the food that they consume. Frogs vary in different shapes‚ sizes‚ colors‚ and textures. They have smooth‚ moist skin‚ long stripy legs‚ and are likely to be found in damp habitats
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SIMILARITIES AND DISSIMILARITIES BETWEEN FROGS AND TOADS. Most people find it very difficult to differentiate between a frog and a toad. They often mix them up. Their physical features are very much alike. The physical distinctions‚ however‚ can easily get blurred because sometimes the features appear mixed or less obvious‚ and certain species even legitimately fall into both categories. Although frogs and toads seem similar in appearance‚ they are very different on the basis of origin
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A toad is actually a frog it goes from an egg to a tadpole and at this stage it spends it’s time swimming and growing and it breathes with gills and it looks like a fish. The next stage is a tadpole with legs this is the stage where your fish looking tadpole grows legs and small arms‚ has a longer body and has a more distinct head and tail and it still breathes with gills. The you come to the frog-let stage this frog breathes with lungs but still has some of it’s tail but long arms. Finally you come
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2014 Evaluation of Days With Frog and Toad Book and Illustrations by Arnold Lobel With all of the standards teacher have to follow and meet in their day to day decisions in guiding of our children‚ how can they choose a text to teach in the classroom? If you had this choice to make‚ how would you decide? With so many books being published every day how do we as educators decide which ones are a good fit in our lessons? In my evaluation of Days With Frog and Toad my intentions are to provide
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Common name Cane Toad. Scientific name bufo marinus. The classification of the cane toadanimalia-chordata-amphibia-anura-bufonidae-bufo-B.marinus. Animal is native to Native to central and north south America but was introduced in north east Australia and Philippines and Caribbean. The biome it lives in live mostly on the equator near rainforest and swamps. Description males an average length of 15–20 cm (3.9–5.9 in).females an average length of 10–15 cm (3.9–5.9 in).Organisms niche Primary
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Cane toads in Australia From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search The cane toad (Bufo marinus) is an invasive species in Australia. The cane toad is the largest species in the family Bufonidae. Adult cane toads are usually heavy-built and weigh an average of up to 1.8 kg. (4 lbs.). Their size may vary from 15–23 cm.(4-9 in.) and their skin is warty. The coloration on their back and sides may vary from olive-brown or reddish-brown‚ gray‚ and yellow while their bellies
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CANE TOADS DESTRUCTION TO AUSTRALIAS BIODIVERSITY ‘It is important that communities in the Kimberley are ready to deal with the invasive species’ - Donna Faragher IDENTIFICATION Cane Toads are known to be of a variety of colour they may be grey‚ yellowish‚ olive-brown or reddish-brown‚ and their bellies are pale with dark mottling. An adult’s average-size is approximately 10-15 cm long; they can grow to more than 230mm and over 1kg in weight. Male Cane Toads are smaller and wartier than females
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------------------------------------------------- Cane Toad in Australia Figure [ 1 ] - A labelled diagram of an adult cane toad. Source:http://www.lismore.nsw.gov.au/content/planning/nick/cane_toad.jpg‚ accessed 12 Nov 11 Figure [ 1 ] - A labelled diagram of an adult cane toad. Source:http://www.lismore.nsw.gov.au/content/planning/nick/cane_toad.jpg‚ accessed 12 Nov 11 The Cane toad (Bufo marinus) is a large ground dwelling toad native to Central and South America but has also been introduced
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In Richard Wilbur’s poem “The Death of a Toad‚” he describes the finals moments of a toad’s life and the first changes to the toad upon its death. Wilbur makes the transition of a toad’s death that is tragic because of the lack of attention and concern given to it. As he continues the poem‚ he shifts the tone from tragic to the peacefulness and respect of a hero. Wilbur exercises heavily loaded diction and vivid imagery corresponding to the tones in order to depict the toad’s death as tragic and
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inhabit Florida‚ such as the Cane Toad. The Cane Toad is a nonnative invasive amphibian that is so large that it is known as the Giant or Marine Toad. The Cane Toad has been known to live in Florida since the 1930s. Another nonnative invasive species that belongs to the reptile class is the Spectacled Caiman Crocodile. The Spectacled Caiman Crocodile was first discovered
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