AMPHIBIANS

AMPHIBIANS

1. WHAT ARE AMPHIBIANS?

   • Amphibians are a class of anamniotic, tetrapod, ectothermic vertebrates, with branchial respiration during the larval and pulmonary phase upon reaching the adult stage.

2. LIFE OF AMPHIBIANS

   • They start their lives as eggs in water then develop into tadpoles who breathe through gills, like fish. They end their lives on land as adults who breathe air using their lungs and skin.

3. WHAT AMPHIBIANS CAN DO?

   • The species in this group include frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts. All can breathe and absorb water through their very thin skin. Amphibians also have special skin glands that produce useful proteins.

4. STRANGE AND WONDEFRFUL AMPHIBIANS

   • The mudpuppy and the waterdog are aquatic salamanders from North America. They are robust and elongated creatures that have retained some of their larval characteristics, such as a fully aquatic lifestyle, small undeveloped limbs, and external gills.

5. AMPHIBIANS IN DANGER

   • Life is a full of danger to amphibians, many animal eat them. Spiders eat small newts and frogs, Snakes eat salamanders and toads, many birds catch amphibians of all kinds
     • MEMEBERS: IVANNYS HENRIQUEZ VALVERDE, HECTOR OVIEDO, DOMENICA CUEVA, JULIAN BARONA, JESUS JARRIN

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