Frog

🐸 Fun Facts About Frogs 🐸

• Frogs are native animals to Ireland.

• Most frogs are green, but you can also find brown ones.

• Frogs have four legs, with three toes and three fingers.

• They have no teeth, but they use a long, sticky tongue to catch flies.

• Frogs are small animals and are amphibians.

• They live in ponds, bog pools, ditches, drains, and puddles.

• Frogs come out at night but can sometimes be seen during the day too.

• In winter, frogs hibernate to stay safe and warm.

• Frogs are carnivores and eat slugs 🐌, worms, flies 🪰, and insects 🐞.

• Frogs can live in groups called a colony or an army.

• There’s no special name for a male or female frog.

• Baby frogs are called tadpoles.

• In Irish, a frog is called “loscán”.

• Frogs have great night vision, so they can see in the dark!

 

Source: The frog is a native animal to Ireland. Frogs are green. You can also find brown frogs too. They have four legs and three toes and fingers. They have no teeth but they have a long sticky tongue which they use to catch flies. They are small. A frog is an amphibian. Frogs live in garden ponds or bog pools. They also live in ditches, drains and puddles. They come out at night but you might see them in the day time. Frogs hibernate in winter. Frogs are carnivores and eat slugs, worms, flies and insects. They live in groups and families called colony or army. There is no name for a male or a female frog. Baby frogs are called tadpoles. It is called a frog in Irish. I have seen a frog before in Lithuania. Frogs have great night vision. That means you can see at night. By Gerda, Milltown NS, 2022.