t is for toad

European
green toad

Asiatic toad

Toads

American beaked toad

toad

European
common toad
common
European
frog

tree frog
Frogs

wood frog
poison dart frog

Ribbit! Ribbit!
Toads are a type of frog.
 is for tough

Many toads have

tough, bumpy skin.
Frogs often have smooth skin.
t is for tongue
Toads and frogs have
long, sticky tongues
for catching insects.
 is for tiny
tiny eggs

Many toads lay eggs in a chain.

Frogs lay eggs in large clumps.

Toads lay tiny eggs in water.

t is for tadpole

Most toads and frogs

begin life as tadpoles
that live in water.

Tadpoles hatch from the eggs.

t is for tail

because tadpoles
have long tails.
 is for toadlet

A toadlet’s tail
stump disappears
tadpoles as it becomes a
full-grown adult.

toadlet

As tadpoles grow, their tails

shrink, and they become toadlets.
They look like teeny adult toads.
is for transform
 because toads and frogs
change so much as they grow.
As adults, they
can live on land
and in water.
t is for totally
terrific...

because toads and frogs

have amazing lives
and they help us by gobbling
up bugs that eat our plants!