4

Frog
Family Ranidae
1. Heart (general)
2. Liver
5 3. Gall bladder
4 4. Lung
4
17
5. Stomach
5
17
17 6. Pylorus
7 7. Duodenum
8. Small intestine (general)
18
10 9. Large intestine
8 9
8 10. Kidney (covered in
peritoneum)
11
11
11. Urinary bladder
11 12. Spleen
13. Mesentery
14. Fat bodies
Male – post-hibernation 15. Ovary (with eggs)
Fat bodies are minimal and not obvious. 16. Oviduct
17. Testis
18. Vas deferens

1
1
3
3
2 4
4
2
2 2
2 2
2
2
12
13 14
14 8
8 5
8
14
7 14 16
15 9 5
14 7 14

9
9
16
5
6
11 6 11

Female – pre-hibernation
Fat bodies are enlarged and obvious. Ovaries are small with immature eggs.
Large intestine is full.
Sabrina Cornish and Carol Wenzel. 2019
 Frog
3
5 Family Ranidae
1
5
2
2 1. Heart (general)
8 7
4
2. Liver
1 3. Gall bladder
2 6 3
8 4. Lung
8 1
13 1 6 5. Stomach
4
6. Pylorus
9
17 16
7
5 7. Duodenum
9
8. Small intestine (general)
5
17 13 9. Large intestine
1
7
16
7 10. Kidney (covered in
12
1
7
peritoneum)
9
11 11. Urinary bladder
6
12. Pancreas
13. Spleen
Female – post-hibernation, start of breeding
14. Mesentery
Fat bodies are small.
15. Fat bodies
The ovaries are enlarged, and eggs are maturing.
16. Ovary (with eggs)
Large intestine is full.
17. Oviduct

Animal pole

3 1 1 1

3 Vegetal pole
2 Egg
2 4 5
2 2
7
2
15
5 4 5
4
2
7
6
16 13, 14
10 17
5 8 1
16 17
7
6
1
8
8 9 6
9 16
16 8

6 9

11 11 17 17

Female – post-hibernation, Female – mature, breeding

start of breeding Fat bodies are small.
Fat bodies are small. The ovaries and eggs fill most of the abdominal cavity.
The ovaries are enlarged, Large intestine is not full.
and eggs are maturing.
Large intestine is full.

Sabrina Cornish and Carol Wenzel. 2019