Amphibians Flashcards
4 legs
Tetrapod
changing from baby to adult
Metamorphosis
smooth mostly in water living
Frog
bumpy most life on land
Toad
Small slender body ,adult life on land
Newt
Smooth skin and lives majority of life in water
Salamander
Snake like amphibians
Caecilians
holds liquid waste
Bladder
nostrils where air enters the animal
External Nares
Hearing equiptment
Tympanic Membrane
Only exit for any and all waste products
Cloaca
Stores bile
Gall bladder
Pumps blood with 3 chambers
Heart
Comes after the stomach and connected before the large intestine
Small intestine
Largest organ made of three lobes produces and secrets the bile
liver
comes after small intestine before cloaca
Large intestine
beginning of digestion
Stomach
Lies behind the stomach secrets insulin into blood stream
Pancreas
Backward slanting infront of jaw chewing use
Vomerine Teeth
origin in america
American toad
Blue and black lives in water majority of life
Blue salamander
large deep voiced frog heavy body
Bullfrog
origin canada , bumpy exterior lives majority of life on land
Canadian Toad
silver in trees frog
Copes Gray Treefrog