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Name_lance_ Period _____4_____

Frog Dissection Pre-lab


Directions: Search American Bullfrog and find the answers to help us prepare for
dissection on Friday.

1. Kingdom_________Animal________________
2. Phylum___Chordate____________________
3. SubPhylum ________verrtabra____________
4. Classification_Amphibians_________________

5. Why are frogs said to have two lives? Amphibian means two-lives

6. How are amphibians different from reptiles? the structure of their outer skin

7. What are 3 adaptations that frogs have that make them amphibians?

8. List two ways in which tadpoles (immature frogs) and frogs differ from each other?

External Anatomy
9. Dorsal means? top

10. V
entral means?

11. A
nterior means?

12. P
osterior means?

13. H
ead means?

14. T
orso means?

15. Frog lungs are poorly developed. How does this relate to their skin being thin and
moist?

16. N
ame 2 ways forelimbs are different than hind limbs.

Critical Thinking Questions


17. Frogs produce a huge number of babies at one time WHY do you think this is
(HINT: Finding Nemo)?

18. The frogs tongue is anchored in the very front opposite to the orientation and
anchoring of humans. Why do you think this is so
Instructions for Internal Anatomy
Please label these parts. (NOT B, E, F, G, or P as they are not relevant to our studies)

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