Question about frogs shedding and eating skin

[Bill B]

Hi all,

I have seen a few videos in which people say their frogs is eating its skin. I watch it but hardly can see skin being shed in the first place -- and can very hardly skin being eaten.

Can someones explain this?

Here is an example.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0a3EhKQ324

 

[Herpin Man]

They pull the old skin from back to front, towards the mouth, and swallow it. It just slides over the new skin.
The layer of skin being shed is transparent, which is why you can't easily see it.

 

[ArnoldTheMander]

In person its alot easier to see. Especially towards the end when all of the skin has bunched up. They sort of drag it towards their mouth

 

[minorhero]

I have dart frogs and honestly even knowing what I was looking at I wasn't able to observe the skin itself. My frogs in the morning just open their mouth for a bit and looking like they are gasping, but its really just them eating skin /shrug, weird for us but normal for them.