Amphibians Vocab Flashcards
Tetrapod
Any vertebrate having four limbs, or having four-limbed ancestors.
Metamorphosis
A profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the tadpole to the young frog and from the young frog to the adult frog.
Frogs
Any tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Aura, including the smooth, moist-skinned frog species that live in a damp or semi- aquatic habitat and the warty, drier-skinned toad species that are mostly terrestrial as adults.
Toads
Any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Aura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semi-terrestrial in habit.
Newts
Any of several brilliantly colored salamanders of the family Salamanders, especially those of the genera Triturus and Notophthalmus, of North America, Europe, and northern Asia.
Salamanders
Any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semi-terrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
Caecilians
a legless, worm like tropical amphibian of the order Gymnophiona, spending most of its life underground and usually almost blind.
Bladder
A membranous sac or organ serving as a receptacle for a fluid or air.
External Nares
The nose of the Amphibians.
Tympanic membrane
An organ “eardrum”
Cloaca
The common cavity into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals open in birds, reptiles, amphibians, many fishes, and certain mammals.
Gall bladder
A pear-shaped, muscular sac attached to the under surface of the right lobe of the liver, in which bile is stored and concentrated.
Heart
The homologous structure in other vertebrates, consisting of four chambers in mammals and birds and three chambers in reptiles and amphibians.
Small Intestine
The first intestine in the body
Liver
An organ in other animals similar to the human liver, often used as food.
