Frogs and Toads Facts

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 it's eyes.

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, who 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.