STATE SIX STRUCTURAL FEATURES THAT ADAPT A TOAD TO ITS ENVIRONMENT
Toads, like other amphibians, have evolved various structural features that enable them to survive and thrive in their specific environments. These adaptations help them with locomotion, feeding, defense, reproduction, and thermoregulation. Below are six structural features that adapt a toad…
RESPIRATION IN TOAD
Tadpole The young toad called tadpole uses gills for gaseous exchange. At the tadpole stage, the animal develops external gills through which direct diffusion of gases takes place between the animal (tadpole) and the respiratory medium (water). Oxygen dissolved in…
REPRODUCTION IN TOAD
In sexual reproduction, the male animal produces the sperm while the female produces the egg or ovum. The fusion of the sperm and the egg in the fallopian tube of the female during mating is called fertilization. The fusion of…
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