Question

Summer sleep of frogs is called.
(a) Hibernation
(b) Aestivation
(c) Both A and B
(d) None of the above.

Answer 1

Generally reptiles, birds, and amphibians undergo hibernation. They spend their maximum time on this. Animals who are living in the desert area or tropical areas undergo aestivation. At the end of the season, they get active.

Complete answer
The summer sleep of the frog is known as aestivation. Aestivation is mainly performed by cold-blooded animals. It consists of a short duration mainly. Aestivation is also known as summer sleep. Animals search moist and shady places mainly to sleep. In aestivation, the homeostasis of the body is maintained to prevent excessive loss of water from the body.

Hibernation is also known as winter sleep. The warm and cold-blooded animals undergo hibernation. It is a dormant stage in which all the metabolic activities of animals who are performing this slowdown. In this animals maintain their constant body temperature.

Animals mainly conserve their energy during winter sleep, survival at the time of extreme temperatures, during the scarcity of food. In the case of summer sleep, its duration can vary. During this time the use of energy by animals gets reduced by at least 70-80 times.

These sleep i.e aestivation and hibernation proceed slowly, as all the metabolic activity and the heartbeats and even breathing rates also slow down. If during this entire process stimuli such as heat, light is given to the animal they will respond to it.

Thus the correct option is B i.e Aestivation.

Note: Hibernation is summer sleep whereas aestivation is winter sleep. Hibernation generally is of longer duration and aestivation is of shorter duration. Aestivation is shown only by cold-blooded animals whereas hibernation is shown by both cold and warm-blooded animals.