Amphibians Flashcards
0
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Granular skin gland on a toad, often poisonous
A
Parotid gland
1
Q
What are the three orders of amphibians?
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Gymnophiona (caecelians)
Caudata/Urodela (salamanders and newts)
Anura (frogs and toads)
2
Q
Calcar
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Sesamoid bone (spur) on frog hindlimb
3
Q
Air is drawn through nares by contracting mouth floor, then forced into lungs by closing the nares and raising the floor of the mouth.
A
Gular pumping or buccal pumping
4
Q
Amplexus
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part of mating when male leaps on female’s back and holds her
5
Q
Gravid
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Female full of eggs, a female who does not find a male to mate with will absorb her eggs
6
Q
Neoteny/paedomorphosis
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retaining larval characteristics in the adult state. i.e. gills in mudpuppies
