NEETBiologyBreathing and Exchange of GasesMCQ+4 / −1
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 :
- AThe statement is false for water but true for land
- BThe statement is false for both the environment
- CThe statement is true for water but false for land
- DThe statement is true for both the environment
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Correct answer: A
$\bullet$ In water, frogs respire through skin and not through buccal cavity i.e., undergo cutaneous respiration only.
$\bullet$ On land, the buccal cavity, skin and lungs act as respiratory organs i.e., undergo buccopharyngeal, cutaneous and pulmonary respiration.
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