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Frog Quiz: Test Your Knowledge on Frogs and Their Ecology

This quiz tests your knowledge about frogs, their biology, and their representation in film. Answer questions about frog species, their anatomy, and notable roles in the movie 'Frog'.

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1 What does the following picture show?  Tyler's Tree Frog (Litoria tyleri) illustrates large toe pads and webbed feet   Frogspawn development   The Red-eyed Tree Frog (Litoria chloris) is a species of tree frog native to eastern Australia.   A male Dendropsophus microcephalus displaying its vocal sac during its call.

2 Who played Arlo Anderson in the movie Frog?

3 Future studies of ________ should soon provide further insights to the evolutionary relationships among Anuran families.

4 Who played The Girl in the movie Frog?

5 What role did Scott Grimes play in the movie Frog?

6 Who played Dr. Harding in the movie Frog?

7 The tibia, fibula and tarsals have been fused into a single, strong ________, as have the radius and ulna in the forelimbs (which must absorb the impact of landing).

8 [31] Tadpoles are typically herbivorous, feeding mostly on ________, including diatoms filtered from the water through the gills.

9 What role did Harriet Hunter play in the movie Frog?

10 Some frogs, such as some ________, are especially toxic.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Desert Tree Frog is one of Australia's most widely distributed frogs.
  • the Egyptian numeral for 100,000 was the hieroglyph of a tadpole or a frog.
  • the call made by Limnodynastes dorsalis, a frog species in Western Australia, is similar to the sound of a plucked banjo string.
  • the biodiversity of New Zealand is dominated by bird families that flew in from Australia and insects, frogs and plants that were on the island when it broke off from Gondwana.
  • in addition to human spaceflight, there have been many animals in space, including monkeys, apes, mice, dogs, guinea pigs, frogs, rats, cats, tortoises, fish, newts, insects, snails, spiders and nematodes.
  • Corethrellidae, a family of parasitic midges belonging to the same order as the common housefly, have been found to spread the disease-causing protozoan Trypanosoma among their host frog populations.
  • Gerobatrachus is considered to be a missing link that supports the hypothesis offered by cladistics, that frogs and salamanders had a common ancestor.
  • prehistoric frog Beelzebufo may have grown to over 40 cm/16 in (size comparison pictured), larger than any living frogs, and is called "the Frog from Hell" by the media.
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