How do you tell the difference between a toad and a frog?

Question

i'm not sure i put this in the right category but if anyone knows can they please answer this question, we have to know the difference between a toad and a frog because we are disecting some

Answer 1

in basic terms, a toad is dry-skinned, warty and terrestrial; the frog is 'slimy', smooth-skinned and amphibious. But the two terms started out in England where the two types are easily defined. When Europeans started exploring the world they discovered hundreds of species and just named them randomly according to whether they were smooth or warty, aquatic or terrestrial, resulting in many inconsistencies. For example: poison arrow frogs are frog-like but terrestrial; pipa toads are frog-like and also completely aquatic (and belong in a family called 'tongueless frogs'); there are many other examples. "True" toads are those in the family Bufonidae, "true" frogs are in Ranidae, but that leaves huge numbers in other families. It really just comes down to common usage. Collectively the whole lot are called anurans.

Answer 2

Frogs and toads are both amphibians and they are similar in many ways, but they are also different in a few ways.

Generally, frogs spend most of their lives in or near water. Toads on the other hand, get out on land a little more and find their way into gardens and yards. Frogs also usually have moist slimy skin, while toads have dry bumpy skin. That is usually the best way to tell them apart.

By the way frog eggs are found in a mass while toad eggs are more in a chain. And, just so you know, toads cannot give you warts.

Answer 3

Toads are generally lthan frogs, it seems.
Toad refers to a number of species of amphibians. A distinction is often made between frogs and toads by their appearance, prompted by the convergent adaptation among so-called toads to dry environments, which often entails a brown skin for camouflage which is also dry and leathery for better water retention. Many so-called toads also burrow, which requires further adaptations. However, these adaptations merely reflect the environment a species has adapted to, and are not reliable indicators of its ancestry. Since taxonomy reflects only evolutionary relationships, any distinction between frogs and toads is irrelevant to their classification.

For instance, many members of the families Bombinatoridae, Discoglossidae, Pelobatidae, Rhinophrynidae, Scaphiopodidae, and some species from the Microhylidae family are commonly called "toads". However, the only family exclusively given the common name "toad" is Bufonidae, the "true toads". Some "true frogs" of the genus Rana, have also adapted to burrowing habits, while the species within the toad genus Atelopus are conversely known by the common name "harlequin frogs."

The type species of the family Bufonidae is the Common Toad, Bufo bufo, and around it cluster a large number of species of the same genus and some smaller genera. B. bufo is a tailless amphibian of stout build with a warty skin and any animal that shares these characteristics is liable to be called a toad, regardless of its location in formal taxonomy.

Almost all toads of the family Bufonidae have two lumps on either side of the back of their head, called the parotoid glands. These glands contain a poison, which oozes out if the toad is stressed. Some, like the Cane Toad Bufo marinus, are more toxic than others. Some "psychoactive toads" such as the Colorado River Toad Bufo alvaris, have been used recreationally for the effects of the bufotoxin, by either smoking their skin secretions or eating boiled toads.
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Answer 4

I believe toads have warts on their backs, and frogs do not.

Frogs have moist slimy skin, toads however have dry bumpy skin.

And apparently toads lay their eggs in chains as opposed to mass clumps from frogs (not really relevant I know..)

Answer 5

The most basic way is to look at the skin. Toads have bumpy skin, frogs ALWAYS have smooth skin.

Answer 6

Toads have bumpy skin and are land dwellers. Frogs have smoother skin and hang in the water. I think.

Answer 7

This site tells you all about the comparison between toads and frogs. http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/general/frogtoad.html