Amphibians

Amphibians

1. SKIN

   • The adult amphibians breath by their skin.
   • They are unable to regulate body temperature consistently,
   • They have very thin skin without scales.

2. TYPE OF NUTRITION

   • They are heterotrophic.

3. They are vertebrates.

4. They behavior

   • If they live in temperate or warm zones, when the extreme cold weather arrives, they enter into a latent state of life, their metabolism slows down at the same time as their activity is reduced, since they spend most of their time asleep, which is what many experts call brumation

5. Difficulties

   • This difficulty in philosophically regulating body temperature means that certain behaviors are present in amphibians, aimed at improving their quality of life, and compensating for the deficiencies in their bare skin, which is very susceptible to cooling or dryness if they do not have adequate hydration; For this reason, most amphibians are nocturnal and register activity in those environments that have sufficient humidity.
   • Amphibians have big difficulties by moving from the water on to the land.

6. Examples

   • A worm-like caecilians
   • Frog
   • Salamander
   • Look this video of an ajolote eating

7. Type off reproduction

   • They are oviparous
   • An example of eggs
   • Larvae generally hatch from the eggs and then become adults through a process of methamorphosis.

8. Respiration

   • Depending on the species,they may also breathe through lungs or gills.

9. Types of amphibians

   • Anurans
     • They have no tail.They have longer back legs
   • Urodeles
     • They have tail. Their four legs are short.

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• Comida para ajolotes (ambystoma mexicanum) (Embed)
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