NEET 2025
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2025
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Breathing and Exchange of Gases
NEET 2025 · Zoology · Breathing and Exchange of Gases
Frogs respire in water by skin and buccal cavity and on land by...
Frogs respire in water by skin and buccal cavity and on land by skin, buccal cavity and lungs.
Choose the correct answer from the following :
Options
- AThe statement is true for water but false for land
- BThe statement is true for both the environment
- CThe statement is false for water but true for land
- DThe statement is false for both the environment
Correct answer
C. The statement is false for water but true for land
Step-by-step solution
- In water, frogs respire through skin and not through buccal cavity i.e., undergo cutaneous respiration only.
- On land, the buccal cavity, skin and lungs act as respiratory organs i.e., undergo buccopharyngeal, cutaneous and pulmonary respiration.