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Amphibians
These cold-blooded vertebrate animals belong to the class Amphibia including over 6,200 species in three groups: caecilians (order Gymnophiona), frogs and toads (order Anura) and salamanders (order Caudata). Amphibians can live both in land and water.
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What group of animals is thought to have left the ocean to become the first amphibians?
Devonian, lobe-finned fish had evolved into air-breathing amphibians with strong legs, yet retained a fish-like head and tail.
How long does it take perico eggs to hatch?
Perico is the Spanish word for Parakeet. Parakeet eggs start to hatch about 18 days after the female begins to incubate them.
What is the vertebrate group of the axolotl?
An Axolotl is like a type of salamander so it is in the Amphibian vertebrate group :)
Reptiles are much more extensively adapted to life on land than amphibians in that reptiles?
lay shelled eggs
What is definition of amphibian?
A cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders. They are distinguished by having an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage usually followed by a terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage.
Which came first insects or amphibians?
Insects came first, appearing on Earth around 400 million years ago during the Devonian period. Amphibians evolved later, approximately 370 million years ago, from lobe-finned fish that adapted to life on land. Therefore, insects predate amphibians by about 30 million years.
According to the website operated by ArubaPlaza, Aruba has been invaded by the Giant Toad (Bufo marinus).
Specifically, the giant toad was introduced in the 1990s. At a maximum length of
almost 8 inches (20 centimeters), the toad feeds on anything smaller than itself,
including insects. When under attack, the giant toad squirts a poisonous foam up to a distance of almost 12 inches (30 centimeters).
What do amphibians develop as they grow besides their lungs?
Amphibians grow legs and feet. If you look at tadpoles at about the three week stage, they start to develop their legs and feet while in the water
Will toads eat petunia flowers?
Toads eat insects and slugs. A single toad could eat 10,000 insects in a summer. This is why many gardeners make toad homes in their flower beds.
http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/beneficial/how-to-attract-toads.htm
hawks, cats, dogs. What ever can get their paws on them!
How is moist skin an adaptation to amphibians' lifestyle?
The moist, thin skin of most amphibians allow cutaneous breathing: breathing through the skin. This enables amphibians to get more oxygen from the air. It also enables them to obtain some water as they swim.
What are the three groups of amphibians?
1)Frogs and Toads 2)Salamanders and Newts 3)Caecilians
Salamanders, Frogs and Caecilians , are three living groups of Amphibia .
Okay,just so you know,I'm 10.Hey, I've done alot of research on Axolotls,so I would trust me if i were you.The reason I did the research is to get my own Axolotl.I own one ,it's name is Silkie.Its a baby.You can feed them bloodworms,but DON'T ever,ever,ever feed them any worm you find in the ground.They can contain parisites.Get bloodworms from a store.And don't put the food in a tank with gravel. I tried that and i couldn't find all the worms in his tank until 3 days later.I had to pick them out with my bare hands,they were rotting.And NEVER put them in tapwater it contains chlorine.(KLOR-reen)Take a tuperware container and scoop up filtered water from the tank and feed him/her in there.
Can you think of any disadvantages for such a double life of an amphibian?
There is a higher mortality rate when you live in both worlds
Do frog red blood cells appear red on a slide?
Yes, they do except they have a nucleus which human RBC don't have.
Since most amphibians are cold blooded they need to keep to a certain level of heat. And a certain level of coolness. So that why they are sensitive to the changes in the enviroment.
Improved Answer: Because their skins are delicate, and eggs lack shells, amphibians are especially senstive to their enviroment. - Science Book.
Are amphibians multicellular or unicellular?
All amphibians are multicellular which means that they are composed by more than 2 cells.
An example of an unicellular would be bacteria.
What is the oldest living amphibian?
The Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) can reach an age of 51 years.
