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Amphibians http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTFmOEy6M-o
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Amphibians Includes frogs, salamanders and caecilians
All amphibians are carnivorous, Frogs and salamanders capture prey with their tongues
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Amphibians Bony skeleton Usually 4 limbs (tetrapod)
Webbed feet often present Skin usually smooth and moist with many glands Some with poison glands Respiration by lungs, skin, and gills Ectotherms (rely on outside heat sources)
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Amphibians Use both aquatic and terrestrial habitats
Life cycle involves semi-terrestrial adults that breed and lay eggs in water. Some undergo metamorphosis
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Order Gymnophiona Caecilian No legs Burrow in soil
Long, slender body, small scales Internal fertilization; eggs deposited in moist ground near water Do not go through metamorphosis
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Caecilians – legless amphibians
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Order Urodela Tailed amphibians Oura – tail; delos – evident
Internal fertilization but lay eggs in water or moist soil Newts and salamandars
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Tiger salamander
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Northwestern salamander
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Clouded Salamander
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Green salamander
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Cave salamander
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Warty Newt
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Eastern Red Spotted Newt
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Order Anura Frogs & Toads An – without; orua - tail
Internal fertilization Undergo metamorphosis Vocalizations are used for male for courtship and establishing territories Live near water
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Order Anura
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Brazilian horned frog
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Flying frog
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Harlequin toad
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Goliath Frog
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Morogoro Tree Toad
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Venezuela Pebble Toad
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Vietnamese Mossy Frog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxAEmlF-ulU
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Turtle Frog
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Glass Frog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EEau-w1Bwc
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Purple frog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRC9sBNt9vs
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Surinam Toad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ7b4spjXhw
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Tree frog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im5Oj59LfXs
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