Amphibian vocab Flashcards
1
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tetrapod
A
four legged animal
2
Q
metamorphosis
A
change of the form of animal into a completely different form by natural means
3
Q
frogs
A
a tailess amphibian with moist skin and large back legs for leaping
4
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toads
A
tailess amphibian with dry warty skin, that can sometimes excrete poison
5
Q
newts
A
small slendered body amphibian, well devolped tail and lungs, spending adult life on land returns to water to breed
6
Q
salamanders
A
newtlike amphibian with bright marking, skin is smoother, live in water for most of their life
7
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caecilians
A
burrowing wormlike amphibian poor eyes and lack of limbs
