Amphibians Flashcards
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(3) Types of Amphibians
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- Caecilians
- Salamanders
- Frogs/Toads
2
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(6) Synapomorphies of Amphibia
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- Permeable skin with mucus/poison glands
- Papilla Amphibiorim (sensitive to low freq)
- Operculum-columella complex (Bones from hyoid transmit sound)
- Pedicellate teeth (dentine)
- Green rods*
- Levator bulbi muscle*
3
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Order: Urodela
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Salamanders
4
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(2) Characteristics of Salamanders
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- no ribs, buccal pump to force aire
- Paedomorphosis
5
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Paedomorphosis
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Adults with lateral lines + gills
6
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(3) Forms of Salamander Respiration
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- Lungs
- Cutaneous
- Gills
7
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Nasolabial Grooves
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Chemosenation (food), absent in juveniles
8
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Order: Anura
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Frogs/toads ‘no-tail’
9
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What has moist skin, long leaping, webbed feet, ambushes predators?
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Frogs
10
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What has dry skin, bulky, short legs, hops, slow escape?
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Toads
11
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(7) Frog Families APBHRDR
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- Ascaphidae
- Pipidae
- Bufonidae
- Hylidae
- Rhinodermatidae
- Dendrobatidae
- Ranidae
12
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Tailed Frogs
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Ascaphidae
13
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Xenopus Laevis
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Pipidae
14
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True Toads
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Bufonidae
15
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Tree Frogs
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Hylidae
