Lab 2: Frogs Flashcards
Characteristic of Bufonidae
Toads
Parotoid glands present
can look like a leaf
Characteristic of Hylidae
Tree frogs
Digits with intercalary cartilages
Toe pads
Big bulgy eyes
Characteristic of Leptodactylidae
Neotropical frogs
Toes UNwebbed
Soft pectoral girdle
NO intercalary cartilages
Pointy hips
Characteristic of Hyperoliidae
Brightly pattern skin (light on preserved specimen)
Intercalary cartilages + toe pads
Characteristic of Artholeptidae
Imagine dirty crumpled leaf
Characteristic of Ascaphidae
Tailed frogs
Have a primitive tail
Characteristic of Bombinatoridae
Toads
flattened bodies
very warty/ bumpy
Fin like feet (webbed and toeas gradually get longer)
Spotted belly
Parotid gland are not large/as apparent
Characteristic of Centrolenidae
Glass frogs
Transparent abdominal skin (visible organs)
Look at eyelids to see if skin is see through
Characteristic of Ceratophyridae
Horned frogs
Head looks like horseshoe crab
Horn projections on eyes
Characteristic of Allophrynidae
Poison/forest frogs, not poison dart frogs
small with dark line from nose to inner crevice of hip
Characteristic of Microhylidae
Narrow mouthed toads
very short snout (wider than it is long)
Characteristic of Dendrobatidae
Poison dart frogs
aposematic (bright colouration)
apparent shoulder joints
Characteristic of Hemiphractidae
Very big thighs
intercalary cartilages
thick
Characteristic of Hemisotidae
Shovelnose frogs
The penguin in frog form
very fat with small face and pointy nose
Characteristic of Leiopelmatidae
Primitive frogs
Unwebbed hind feet
Smooth skin
long digits
may have very small “tail”
