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Amphibians

Any member of the animal class Amphibia that are capable of both living on land and in water; includes frogs, toads, newts, salamanders and cecilians.

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Amphibians

axolotl

Animals; Amphibians

The axolotl , Ambystoma mexicanum, is the best known of the Mexican neotenic mole salamanders belonging to the Tiger Salamander complex.

adder

Animals; Amphibians

A snake; A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (or Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of the genus Clotho; Any of several small ...

amphibian

Animals; Amphibians

A cold blooded animal that has moist skin and no scales. Most amphibians lay eggs in water, and their Young breathe with gills before developing lungs.

digit

Animals; Amphibians

A finger or toe. Reptiles and many mammals have five digits on each limb. Amphibians have four digits.

amphibien

Animals; Amphibians

A cold-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that comprises the frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, and caecilians. They are distinguished by having an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage followed ...

coecilian

Animals; Amphibians

variant spelling of caecilian

frogs

Animals; Amphibians

Frogs are amphibians in the order Anura. Most frogs are characterized by a short body, webbed digits, protruding eyes and the absence of a tail. Frogs are exceptional jumpers. Due to their permeable ...

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