GENERAL ZOOLOGY LABORATORY

ANIMAL FORM AND FUNCTION: FROG DISSECTION GUIDE

Name : ____________________________________________ Date Performed: ________________

Course and Year: _______________ Group No : ___________

I - Lesson Objectives. At the end of the laboratory activity, the students shall be able to:
1.) Distinguish a frog from a toad
2.) Differentiate a male and female frog
3.) Identify the external anatomical structures of a frog/toad
4.) Demonstrate the basic skills in frog dissection
5.) Identify the appearance and parts of the internal anatomical structures in the frog/toad
II – Contrast. Using the table, differentiate frog and toad then male and female frog/toad.

FROG TOAD
- Thin, wet, smooth skin (covered in mucus) that - Thick, dry skin with bumps and usually
has more color brown
- Slim body type - Stout body type
- Very long legs - Short legs
- Prefers to jump - Prefers to walk or use small hops
- Lives in water (more aquatic) - Lives on land (More terrestrial)
- Lays eggs in cluster - Lays eggs in a chain
- Bulging eyes - Poison glands behind the eyes
- Have teeth in the upper jaw - No teeth

MALE FEMALE
- Relatively smaller in size - significantly larger in size
- Have gripper/nuptial pads on their thumbs - No gripper pads
- reproductive organs (testes) - Reproductive organs (ovary, oviduct)
- Have larger tympanum - Have bumpier (warty) skin

III - Labelling. Label the external and internal anatomy of the frog/toad.
 External Anatomy and Buccal Cavity

Abdominal and Chest Frog/Toad Organ System

Color the organ/structures (light colors only) on the diagram. Identify the organs inside the frog/toad abdominal and chest
cavity. Write your answers on the table on the next page. Please be guided with the numbers of the organs/structures.
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Toad/Frog Urinary and Reproductive Systems

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IV – Essay. On a separate yellow paper, answer the following questions briefly and clearly.
1.) Is your toad/frog male or female? How can you tell?
2.) Why do you think the frog/toad conforms such external colors and texture?
3.) What are the maxillary and vomerine teeth used for?
4.) Where does the Eustachian tube lead?
5.) Why are there so many blood vessels under the skin of the frog/toad?
6.) Why does a frog/toad only have one ventricle in its heart?
7.) Name the two sections of the small intestine.
8.) What did you find inside the stomach of your specimen?
9.) What is the function of the fat bodies in the frog/toad’s reproductive system?