Fun Facts

the Following facts are from two Different websites. their Addresses are at the Bottom.

• Have you heard about a frog named Tomato? It has a funny way to respond to dangers. It puffs its body with air so as to look bigger to its enemies.

• Amphibians can live both in land as well as in water. Their name comes from a Greek word ‘ amphibios’ which means ‘both lives’. Frogs, salamanders and toads are all amphibians.

• Hundreds of millions of years ago, amphibians became the first vertebrates to live on land.

• One way to tell a frog and a toad apart: frogs have smooth, clammy skin, while toads have more dry, bumpy skin. Both frogs and toads lay their eggs in water, but toads spend more of their time on land than  frogs do.

• One more trivia about a frog ,which does not croak.A frog named 'The Giant Burrowing Frog' does not croak,it can only make a hooting sound like an owl!

taken from: http://www.makemegenius.com/cool-facts/amphibians-reptiles-100-interesting-facts- and http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Facts/