80 Amphibians Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which amphibian order includes caecilians?
Answer
Gymnophiona
What is the name of the middle ear bone in frogs?
Answer
Columella
What is the diet of most adult frogs?
Answer
Insects
What is the common name of the tree frog with bright red eyes?
Answer
Red-eyed tree frog
What is the name of the transparent third eyelid in amphibians?
Answer
Nictitating membrane
How many legs does a typical adult frog have?
Answer
Four
Which amphibian group is characterized by a tail after metamorphosis?
Answer
Salamanders
What is the largest frog species native to North America?
Answer
American bullfrog
Which amphibian is known as the 'Mexican walking fish'?
Answer
Axolotl
What is the name of the most toxic poison dart frog?
Answer
golden poison frog
What is the common name of the frog whose tadpole is larger than the adult?
Answer
paradoxical frog
What is the scientific name of the smallest known frog?
Answer
Paedophryne amauensis
What is the common name of the frog that carries its eggs in a pouch on its back?
Answer
marsupial frog
How many species of amphibians are known to date (approx.)?
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over 8,000
What is the name of the spring-breeding frog with a high-pitched 'peep' call?
Answer
spring peeper
What is the term for the shedding of skin in amphibians?
Answer
ecdysis
What is the typical maximum length of a Goliath frog?
Answer
32 centimeters
Which frog can survive being frozen solid during winter?
Answer
wood frog
What is the common name for the world's largest salamander?
Answer
Chinese giant salamander
What is the order that includes frogs and toads?
Answer
Anura
What is the juvenile form of a frog called?
Answer
tadpole
What continent has no native amphibians?
Answer
Antarctica
What is the largest frog species in the world?
Answer
Goliath frog
What is the process called when a tadpole develops into a frog?
Answer
metamorphosis