Answer to Question #341245 in Biochemistry for Natz

Question

1. What is the significance of having no fat deposits between the skin and muscle for a frog in cold weather?

Answer 1

It helps them to regulate the temperature of the body this way: frogs can control their temperature with their bodies, for example by changing their color to affect how much solar radiation (heat from the sun) they recieve, or absorbing or evaporating water through their skin.