When a frog changes gender it is called a sex change or a sex reversal. This can happen naturally as the result of hormone changes or it can be induced by surgery or hormones.
Some frogs are able to change their sex in response to changes in the local environment such as the ratio of males to females. This is known as environmental sex determination. For example in some species of African frogs temperature during egg development determines the sex of the offspring. If the eggs are incubated at a low temperature they will develop into males and if they are incubated at a high temperature they will develop into females.
In other frogs the sex of the individual is determined by the genes that it inherits from its parents. This is known as genetic sex determination. For example in the chicken the sex of the offspring is determined by the presence or absence of a particular chromosome. If the egg contains a W chromosome it will develop into a male and if it contains an Z chromosome it will develop into a female.
sex change and sex reversal are natural processes that occur in certain frog species in response to changes in hormones or the environment. These processes can also be induced by surgery or hormones.
What is it called when a frog changes gender?
Answer 1: It is called metamorphosis.
