Comparison between frog and toad

Frog	Toad
1.       Frogs are amphibious	Toads are terrestrial
2.       They are diurnal	They are nocturnal
3.       Skin is smooth and moist	Skin is dry, warty and can absorb water
4.       Triangular head	Semicircular head
5.       Teeth are present	Absent
6.       Bifid tongue	Tongue is entire
7.       Webbed toes	Partly webbed toes
8.       Parotid glands are absent	Present

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Amazing facts about amphibians

• Some frogs can be frozen solid, then thawed, and continue living.
• Some frogs can pull their eyes into their throat and help push food down!
• Frogs live on all continents except Antarctica.
• Wood frogs can be frozen solid and then thawed, and continue living. They use the glucose in their body to protect their vital organs while they are in a frozen state.
• When threatened, the horned toad shoots blood from its eyes.
• The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison stored in it that it can harm 2,200 people at one go. 
• Frogs cannot vomit. Whenever a frog absolutely has to vomit, it vomits its entire stomach. 
• Unlike a frog a toad cannot jump.
• There is a substance in the skin of the African clawed frog that helps in fighting infection.
• The sound made by the toadfish when mating underwater is so loud that it can be heard by humans on the shore.
• The smallest frog is the "Brazilian baby frog", which is smaller than a dime.
• The mating call of a male toadfish, which are underwater, is so loud that it can be heard by humans above water.
• The fire-bellied toad has a bright red belly that it displays to predators as a defense mechanism. It is also a warning that the toad's skin is poisonous.
• The Spring peeper (a frog) can survive the winter season with 65% of its body water as ice.
• In 1864, A Quebec farmer found a frog inside a hailstone.
• Frogs do not need to drink water as they absorb the water through their skin.
• Found in Argentina, the ornate horned frog can eat an entire mouse with one swallow.
• An adult "Gold Frog" measures to be 9.8 millimeters in body length.
• The bee frog of Africa is no bigger than a bee.
• Frogs start their lives as 'eggs' often lay in or near fresh water.
• The smallest frog is less than 3/8 of an inch in length.
• The largest frog in the world is called Goliath frog.
• Frogs belong to a group of animals called amphibians.
• Flying frogs change color in the day. They are greenish-blue in sunlight and green in the evening. At night there are black.

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