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well they don't just breathe by their gills they also can breath by their mouth

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It depends on the stage of their development. Ypounger tadpoles breathe only with internal or external gills. About the time their legs start to develop they start to develop lungs. Just before emerging from the water their lungs are developed enough to share the burden. When they emerge it's lungs only!

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