Question

About cutaneous respiration in frog

Answer 1

Cutaneous respiration means respiration through skin.Frog is a amphibian which has both lung respiration and skin respiration.Gills slits are absent in adults so they use lungs or skin for respiration. Frogs are both aquatic & terrestrial as well. Frogs respire through lungs on land & through skin in water.
They also use this cutaneous respiration at the tym of Hibernation & Astevation..

Answer 2

Answer:

Cutaneous Respiration:

• The skin of frog provides an extensive surface for exchange of gases.

• It is thin richly supplied with blood and kept moist by the mucus and water. The cutaneous respiration is always carried out.

• It is practically the only mode of respiration when the frog is under water.

• Dissolved oxygen in the water is exchanged through the moist surface of the skin by diffusion.