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Amphibians don't have amniotic eggs - their eggs don't have shells, and they have to be laid in water. In general, amphibians are more dependent on water, most of them having aquatic larvae and having to keep their skin moist even as adults in order to breathe through it.

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The two derived characteristics that separates amphibians and fish from other animals on the cladogram are fur and milk.

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they swim in both water and walk on land

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