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AMPHIBIA
TIFFANY MOSS 2ND BLOCK
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Furryscaly
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Domain- Eukarya
Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Chordata
Class- Amphibia
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Steve Corey
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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
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trishhartmann
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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.
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jurvetson
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WHERE ARE THEY FOUND?
Modern amphibians have a variety of habitats.
Terrestrial (land environment)
Fossorial (underground)
Arboreal (in trees)
Freshwater aquatic ecosystems
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foxtail_1
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REPRODUCTIVE PATTERNS
In the tropics- they breed anytime of year
In temperate regions- they breed in the spring
Produce sexually
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mgrimm82
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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.
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cotinis
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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.
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cliff1066™
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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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me'nthedogs
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD AMPHIBIANS NOT EAT?
A. Beetles
B. Spiders
C. Birds
D. Caterpillards
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DaveHuth
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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
Tiffany Moss
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