Rob Ryndak - Frog or Toad?

FROG OR TOAD?

ANIMAL LOOK-ALIKES

leveled reader

science

Rob Ryndak

ANIMAL LOOK-ALIKES

FROG OR TOAD?

By Rob Ryndak

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ryndak, Rob, author. Frog or toad? / Rob Ryndak. pages cm. ( Animal look-alikes) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4824-2716-5 ( pbk. ) ISBN 978-1-4824-2717-2 ( pack) ISBN 978-1-4824-2718-9 ( library binding) Frogs Juvenile literature. Toads Juvenile literature. I. Title. QL668. E2R96 2016 dc23 2015007000

Published in 2016 by Gareth Stevens Publishing East 14th Street, Suite New York, NY 10003

Copyright 2016 Gareth Stevens Publishing

Designer: Sarah Liddell Editor: Ryan Nagelhout

Photo credits: Cover, p. ( background) Alan49/Shutterstock. com; cover, p. ( frog) Chros/ Shutterstock. com; cover, p. ( toad) Hintau Aliaksei/Shutterstock. com; p. Patryk Kosmider/ Shutterstock. com; p. ( top) Savo Ilic/Shutterstock. com; p. ( bottom) Matej Ziak/Shutterstock. com; p. ( tree frog) Aleksey Stemmer/Shutterstock. com; p. ( fire-bellied toad) Volt Collection/ Shutterstock. com; p. ( black-spined toad) cowboy54/Shutterstock. com; p. ( bullfrog) Chris Hill/ Shutterstock. com; p. ( frog) Paul Reeves Photography/Shutterstock. com; p. ( toad) QiuJu Song/ Shutterstock. com; p. ( toad) Aksenova Natalya/Shutterstock. com; p. ( frog) katatonia82/ Shutterstock. com; p. ( top) Dirk Ercken/Shutterstock. com; p. ( bottom) Patrick K. Campbell/ Shutterstock. com; p. ( top) Wollertz/Shutterstock. com; p. ( bottom) Erni/Shutterstock. com; p. Auscape/Contributor/Universal Images Group/Getty Images; p. ( frog) Kuttelvaserova Stuchelova/ Shutterstock. com; p. ( toad) Audrey Snider-Bell/Shutterstock. com.

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Contents

What Is That? Splitting the Difference Body Type Poison Pair Interesting Eggs Whats in a Name? Glossary For More Information Index

Boldface words appear in the glossary

What Is That?

Theres something hopping around on the ground. Is that a frog or a toad? Well, were going to need to know more to figure that out. Lets find out the differences between a frog and a toad.

FROG TADPOLE

TOAD TADPOLE

Splitting the Difference

There are more than 6,000 different species of frogs and toads. True frogs and true toads come from different animal families. How can you tell them apart? Scientists argue about this quite a bit!

RED-EYED TREE FROG

BLACK-SPINED TOAD

FIRE-BELLIED TOAD

AMERICAN BULLFROG

FROG

TOAD

Body Type

Toads usually have a wider body than frogs. Their legs are also shorter than most frogs, which means they hop differently! In general, the longer a frog or toads back legs, the farther they can hop! Most toads take smaller hops because of their body shape.

TOAD

FROG

Poison Pair

Frogs are food for many animals. To stay safe, some give off a poison from their skin. Poison dart frogs are bright colors that tell predators to stay away. Many toads, like the cane toad, also have poison glands behind their eyes.

POISON DART Frog

CANE TOAD

Interesting Eggs

Another way to tell frogs and toads

apart is how they lay their eggs.

Most true toads lay eggs next to one

another, making long chains. Frogs