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Name four characteristics of amphibians that explain why amphibians need moist habitats?
1) When they are juveniles, they are in an aquatic larval or 'tadpole' stage that need water to breathe thru their primitive gills. 2) Amphibians have smooth, scaleless skin which is permeable to water. Water can evaporate easily from the skin, and an amphibian can dry up and die in a few hours if it does not have access to water. Thus amphibians tend to be active at times when evaporation is minimized: at night and when it rains.However, this same skin permeability makes it possible for amphibians to obtain moisture from sources besides pools of water. This means that amphibians can live in very dry climates, like deserts, and when the dry season arrives, they just burrow underground and pull in moisture from the surrounding soil. Despite this, the amphibian's tie to water remains: their eggs must be laid in water in order to survive. Reference: http://redpath-museum.mcgill.ca/Qbp/herps/herps.html
What else can I help you with?
Do amphibians require dry habitats for breeding?
Not all amphibians require dry habitats for breeding. Some species, like many frogs, lay their eggs in water, while others, like salamanders, may lay their eggs in damp or moist environments. Each species has unique breeding requirements based on its environmental adaptations.
What are the characteristics of amplibians?
Amphibians are cold-blooded vertebrates that typically have moist, scaleless skin, lay eggs in water, and undergo metamorphosis from larval to adult forms. They usually have four legs (although some are legless) and breathe through their skin or lungs. Amphibians include frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts.
What amphibians do not live in water?
All amphibians have a life stage that occurs in water. They do not need to live in water. For example, toads come from eggs laid in water that turn to tadpoles and the tadpoles develop into toads that live almost exclusively on land.
Why do amphibians need moist skin?
Amphibians need moist skin to be able to easily adapt to dry land or the water. This is because an amphibian's respiratory system must be able to adapt to either condition and thin, moist skin makes this easier.
Membrane that blinks to keep amphibians eye moist on land and closes to cover the eye when swimming under water?
The nictitating membrane is the transparent or translucent third eyelid present in amphibians and some other animals. It can blink rapidly to keep the eye moist while on land and closes to protect the eye when swimming underwater.
Do all amphibians have scales?
No only reptiles. Amphibians have moist permeable skin.
Why do amphibians need to moisture?
Amphibians breathes through their skin, they accumulate enough air from the moist on their skin. If there is no moist, they will die.
Is an amphibian moist?
Yes, amphibians are typically moist.
What characteristics restricts amphibians to water?
Characteristics that resctrict amphibians to water include: 1) They breathe through their skin, which needs to be moist. 2) Their eggs are fertilized via external fertilization, which requires water. 3) They have gills which only functions in water.
What Cold blooded animals with moist scaleless skin that live both in the water and on the land are called?
Amphibians are cold-blooded animals with moist, scaleless skin that can live both in water and on land. This unique ability to live dual lifestyles is one of the defining characteristics of amphibians.
What is a vertebrates with moist skin?
amphibians
Why do amphibians like moist area?
they need to keep there skin moist
Why can't amphibians live in dry places?
Because amphibians need to be moist.
Do Amphibians hair and fur?
No - they have moist skin
What animal has bare moist skin?
Amphibians do
What do you call animals with moist skin?
Animals who need to have moist skin are amphibians, such as frogs.
Do amphibians require dry habitats for breeding?
Not all amphibians require dry habitats for breeding. Some species, like many frogs, lay their eggs in water, while others, like salamanders, may lay their eggs in damp or moist environments. Each species has unique breeding requirements based on its environmental adaptations.
