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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.
Did reptiles evolve from amphibians?
No, they did not.
How are amphibians different from repetiles?
Reptiles live on dry land; amphibians live on land as well as in water.
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
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.
What is amphibians egg missing that will cause it to dry out easily?
A shell.
Why do amphibian eggs dry out easily?
Because there is not enough water or it is too hot
Amphibians are most dependent on an aquatic environment for?
Amphibians do not have the waterproof skin that amniotes (reptiles, birds, and mammals) do. If they are not wet, they can dry out and die, especially because many types of amphibians breath partly or entirely through their skin. Amphibians also need an aquatic environment in order to breed, because their eggs and young must be in water, or they will dry up and die.
Why amphibians must lay their eggs in a moist environment?
they need the water so their sperm can swim to the eggs.
How are amphibians different than reptiels?
Amphibians are superficially similar to reptiles, but reptiles are amniotes, that is they lay eggs that are adapted to dry land. Most amphibians lay eggs in water and have a juvenile stage that changes into the adult form.
Why can't amphibians live in dry places?
Because amphibians need to be moist.
Why doesn't an iguana belong to the amphibians group?
Because amphibians have to be able to breathe in water and they have to keep their skin moist to survive. Amphibians have scale-less skin and lay soft, jelly-like eggs. An iguana is a reptile because: it has dry, scaly skin; it lays eggs with leathery shells and it is cold-blooded. It also can only breathe air, not water but all amphibians can breathe in water.
Can Amphibians lay eggs?
Yes, All amphibians must lay their eggs in water. If they lay them on land their eggs will dry up.
Why amphibians live near water or in a moist environment?
amphibians are those kind of animals,which couldnt leave without water ,and they also cant breath in water too long,so they need to come out on ground. they need to be clother to the water because they eat water insects, fishes,some kind of plants and so on, which are important for them. if they couldnt find food on ground,they are going into the water.
Why are amphibians unsuccessful on land vertebrates?
Amphibians are cold blooded so they cannot regulate temperature.They need water for egg lying.Their eggs are not covered with shell so they may become dry on land and eggs may be wasted.Their skin is so naked, no external covering
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.
Why are reptiles more suited for the desert than amphibians?
Amphibians require water to reproduce as their eggs do not have a water proof shell. that requires that the developing young be in water. Also, amphibians go through a process of metamorphosis Reptiles, most of them, lay eggs that are more waterproof and do not dry out. The young of reptiles are born as miniatures of the adults and do not require water sources to mature.
