NEETZoologyStructural Organisation in Animals
During which periods do frogs use their skin for gaseous exchange?
Options
- AOnly during hibernation
- BOnly during aestivation
- CDuring both aestivation and hibernation
- DDuring active periods
Correct answer
C. During both aestivation and hibernation
Step-by-step solution
Frogs respire on land and in the water by two different methods. In water, skin acts as aquatic respiratory organ (cutaneous respiration). Dissolved oxygen in the water is exchanged through the skin by diffusion. On land, the buccal cavity, skin and lungs act as the respiratory organs. The respiration by lungs is called pulmonary respiration. The lungs are a pair of elongated, pink coloured sac-like structures present in the upper part of the trunk region (thorax). Air enters through the nostrils into the buccal ca