AMPHIBIA

Domain- Eukarya
Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Chordata
Class- Amphibia

CHARACTERISTICS

• Typically start out as larva living in water
• Young undergo metamorphosis, they go from gills to growing lungs
• Hearts have 3 chambers, two atria and one ventricle
• Ribs are usually short and fused with vertebrae

EXCEPTIONS TO CHARACTERISTICS

• Pristimantis Fenestratus is a frog that lays eggs on land
• Bornean flat-headed Frog absorbs oxygen through its skin
• Common Reed Frog can change its sex.

WHERE ARE THEY FOUND?

• Modern amphibians have a variety of habitats.
• Terrestrial (land environment)
• Fossorial (underground)
• Arboreal (in trees)
• Freshwater aquatic ecosystems

REPRODUCTIVE PATTERNS

• In the tropics- they breed anytime of year
• In temperate regions- they breed in the spring
• Produce sexually

DIET

• Eats anything that they can swallow.
• Small prey (beetles, caterpillards, spiders)
• Brazilian Tree Frog eats alot of fruit.
• Mexican Burrowing Toad has adapted their tongue to eat ants.

ROLE IN ENVIRONMENT

• Amphibians are good pest controllers.
• Some people eat them.
• Epibatidine, a skin extract fom frogs can be used as morphine.
• Posion Dart Frog's skin compounds can be used to kill animals.

4 FACTS

• Over 5,500 species of amphibians
• Some species of salamanders can grow back a limb or eye if lost
• All Newts are considered salamanders but not all salamanders are newts
• Frogs eat their skin to keep it thin and fresh.

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD AMPHIBIANS NOT EAT?

• A. Beetles
• B. Spiders
• C. Birds
• D. Caterpillards

WORKS CITED

• Http://amphibiaweb.org/amphibian/facts.html
• Http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/amphibian
• Http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/amphibians/ecological.htm
• http://everythingamphibian.blogspot.com/p/interesting-facts.html