Golden Frog Research Paper

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Many animals are used in research to develop new medicine and for scientist to test the safety of medicine. Scientist need biodiversity in the ecosystem so they can try the experiences on more than one species. Also the more plant, and animals species there are in one area the greater the biodiversity and the healthier the ecosystem will be . In this research paper I am going to tell you how the Panamanian golden frog have impacted nature.

The golden frog was discovered by the people who live in Panama , after it was found the people named it Panamanian golden frog , and the golden frogs inhabit the stream along rain forests of west central Panama. Mostly frogs like to live in habitats that keep their survival. They can be found in two types of habitat dry and wet tropical mountain
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The golden frogs Feeds on crickets and and fruit flies. When frogs consume their food the nutrients have to be transported through their body, it does this through their circulatory system.

When the female and male meet the female produces eggs and the male produce sperm they do this processes by being on top of each other. Tadpoles hatch from tiny eggs that are laid in masses in the water. Tadpoles are the stage hatch from the eggs.The gill-breathing tadpole swims in the water. Finally sprouts legs and absorbs its tail, becoming a frog and then an adult. The adult breathes air and has no tail. After mating, the female lays eggs and the cycle begins again. The frog reproduction cycle involved external fertilization.
The frogs need to be around area with a water sources to reproduce.

Also the nerve toxin that they produce is called zetekitoy in after their scientific name. The zetekitoxin is capable of paralyzing or even killing potential predators. The toxins in the skin of these frogs are found in high concentrations in the prey they