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6.2 AMPHIBIANS

Benito Román Guerrero Blanco Biology and Geology 5 de octubre de 2015 Spanish

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6.2 AMPHIBIANS

WHAT ARE AMPHIBIANS LIKE?
- They are generally terrestrial vertebrates
- They are ECTOTHERMIC
- Their skin is thin withot scales, with glands to keep it moist
- Sometime they release ...
VITAL FUNCTIONS
- NUTRITION
  - They are carnivorous (insectivors) and some larvae are omnivores
- REPRODUCTION
  - Reproduction is sexual
  - They are oviparous and lay eggs, withot an impermeable shell, in the water
  - They ubdergo METAMORPHOSIS
- RESPIRATION
  - ADULTS
    - They breathe trought their sin (cutaneous respitation)
  - LARVAE
    - They breathe by LUNGS or GILLS
TYPES
- ANURANS
  - They have SHORT body without a tail
  - They have four legs. Back legs are longer
  - Some have interdigital webbing (adapted for jumping)
- URODELES
  - They have LONG body with a tail
  - Thay have four legs of equal lenght

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Created by: Benito Román Guerrero Blanco · Apr 2018
Updated: Apr 22, 2018
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