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This picture was taken at Lily Pond at the Carolina Beach State Park on 4/14/17. This frog is Acris gryllus (a southern cricket frog). As frogs can breath through its skin it can also lose water through its skin. Water loss can be a big problem for frogs in general and they have several strategies to deal with water loss. They can secrete lipids through their skin that can slow the process, and can also form cocoons from layers of dead skin cells with a small hole for gas exchange.
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This picture was taken at Lily Pond at the Carolina Beach State Park on 4/14/17. This frog is Acris gryllus (a southern cricket frog). As frogs can breath through its skin it can also lose water through its skin. Water loss can be a big problem for frogs in general and they have several strategies to deal with water loss. They can secrete lipids through their skin that can slow the process, and can also form cocoons from layers of dead skin cells with a small hole for gas exchange.