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Rana tigrina (frog)

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  Phylum: Chordata                              frog( rana tigrina) Sub Phylum: Vertebrata Group: Gnathostomata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Genus:  Rana Species :  tigrina Common Name: Frog   Habit and Habitat : Frog is an amphibian animal, it can live both in water and land. Its tadpole larva is completely aquatic in habitat. Later metamorphos into adult, the characters of larva are completely disappearing in the adult. On the land frog locomotes by jumping movement and in the water swims actively due to webbed foot. It is completely solitary and free living animal but during rainy season always live in colony. The body skin is always in moist condition. Therefore easily respire by cutaneous respiration. Nutritionally larva is herbivorous and adult is carnivorous or insectivorous. During breeding season usually at night, frogs gather nearby the pond or shallow water. In the group, there are ...