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Amphibians

Amphibians . B y: Elizabeth, Dekota, & Clay. Vertebrate. All amphibians are vertebrates that means that they have a backbone. Habitat. They live near water because they need to keep their lungs moist if they don’t their lungs will dry out and it cannot breath. Cold blooded.

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Amphibians

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  1. Amphibians By: Elizabeth, Dekota, & Clay

  2. Vertebrate • All amphibians are vertebrates that means that they have a backbone.

  3. Habitat • They live near water because they need to keep their lungs moist if they don’t their lungs will dry out and it cannot breath.

  4. Cold blooded • Amphibians are cold blooded because they can not control their body temperature. It changes with its surroundings.

  5. Body covering • Amphibians have a mucous layer of skin . It is very moist . They breathe through it.

  6. Life cycle Amphibians life cycle has 3 Stages. It has the Egg, larva and adult stages. The larva looks different from their parents .They have no legs .They breath underwater using gills .When they grow they begin to change until it looks like its parents.

  7. How do they breath When they are young they breath with gills in the water until they grow up. When they grow up they move out of the water, and they breath with lungs.

  8. reproduce • Most amphibians lay lots of eggs at a time in water. There eggs don’t have any shell instead they are covered with a jelly covering.

  9. Special body parts • Slimy skin that lets it slip away from predators. • Frogs have a sticky long tongue that helps them get their food.

  10. Other interesting facts • Most amphibians have webbed feet. • Instead of chewing, they swallow their food whole.

  11. species • Some species of a amphibian are . • Tiger salamander • African bull frog • Tree frog • Asian horned toad • Cane toad • Those are some species of a Amphibians.

  12. Questions • How do amphibians breath? • Are they cold or warm blooded? • Are they vertebrates or invertebrates? • What is a life cycle?

  13. resources • The book amphibians. • The book what is a Amphibian. • The book slimy , scaly and deadly amphibians. • The website www.biodiversitygroup.org

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