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Frogs undergo summer sleep and winter sleep (aestivation and hibernation).

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As frog is a cold blood animal and with the change in temperature of atmosphere its body temperature also changes. It takes shelter in deep burrowing soil to take protection against cold atmosphere of winter and heat of winter. It is called aestivation and hibernation.
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