Frogs are cold blooded animals that become colder or warmer depending on the temperature outside. When the sun sets at night, their bodies are likely to be cooler because it is less warm out. When the sun is out however, their bodies soak up the heat and make them warmer. Amphibians were the first vertebrates to live on land and like their cold blooded ancestors they depend on their external energy sources such as the sun to maintain a stable body temperature.

Reptiles on the other hand are ectotherms and obtain their heat from outside sources such as the sun and regulate their temperature through behaviors such as basking or seeking shade. Their body temperatures are usually about the same as their ambient surrounding’s temperature.

Frogs cannot give you warts. This is a myth that has been told for centuries that many have foolishly believed. Warts are benign squamous neoplasms, which can be caused by a virus. This virus can be only be passed from person to person, and frogs do not carry it.

Most people come in contact with the virus that causes warts without knowing it, for instance a person might come in contact with it by accidentally cutting himself on something or by accidentally touching a wart that is located on another person’s body. Most warts are easily treatable and nothing serious to fret about.

One might think that because a frog has lots of bumps on its skin, that it can spread warts. However this skin that the frog is equipped with is actually meant to camouflage these creatures during self defense and also releases a poison to its predators.

Frogs are amphibians because they live both in water and on land. They differ from reptiles in that they lack scales and generally return to the water in order to breed. They are known to typically lay their eggs in puddles, ponds, or lakes and their larvae (tadpoles) are born with gills which they use to breathe in water. Later on in life they develop lungs so that they can breathe on land. Whereas reptiles give birth to live young or lay eggs on land to baby creatures that already possess lungs from the get go and resemble a miniature version of its adult parents.

When frogs are tadpoles they breathe underwater through their internal gills and their skin. Later on in life they develop into land animals and develop lungs for breathing air. Frogs breathe with their mouths closed and the throat sack pulls air through the nose and into their lungs. Their throat movements pull air through the nostrils and back into the lungs, then they breathe out with their bodies contracting. Frogs nostrils are placed on top of their head so that they are able to breathe at the same time that they are in the water so that they can always be on guard.

Breathing is a gas exchange that takes oxygen from the surroundings and lets out carbon dioxide. The frog’s lungs are not only useful for breathing on land, but are also helpful when the frog is in the water. This is because filling the lungs with air gives these creatures better buoyancy and makes floating easier.

Frogs are also able to breathe through their skin, with tiny blood vessels known as capillaries that are located under the outer skin layers. The African Hairy Frog has small lungs and during the breeding season, the male frogs of this species are known to get hair on their back legs. This is because it needs a high amount of oxygen during this time.

Asexual reproduction is the formation of new individuals from the cell(s) of a single parent. It is very common in plants but less common in animals. Asexual reproduction can occur however in some animals, and usually does so in a variety of ways depending on what type of species the animal is. Some animals may develop offspring by budding, whereas other animals may develop offspring by fragmenting into smaller pieces and maturing into a new animal. (worms are an example of fragmentation).

It is true that some frogs are in fact asexual beings. When the female organism lays eggs and they develop into an offspring without any fertilization it is known as parthenogenesis. This is how few fish, insects and even frogs are able to reproduce asexually.

There are a few disadvantages to asexual reproduction. One being that since the offspring is literally a clone of the parent, there is no difference at all and this can hinder the process of evolution. Another factor against asexuality is that these organisms that are asexual, reproduce this way because they are unable to adapt to their changing environments, which has brought a few species of animals close to extinction.