We Know About Amphibians
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Amphibians are vertebrates.
They have backbones.
Amphibians are cold-blooded.
Amphibians do not make body heat like mammals do.
Amphibians lay their eggs in the water.
Frog eggs
Toad eggs
Salamander eggs
When amphibians are born, the
babies have gills and can breathe under water.
As amphibians get older, they change.
They have lungs to breathe air.
Amphibians usually live near water or where it is very
wet.
They lay their eggs in water.
Frogs are amphibians.
Toads are amphibians.
Toads have warty skin and poison glands.
Newts and salamanders are amphibians, too.
Red-bellied newtRed-spotted newt baby newt
Rough-skinned newt
Red salamanderSpotted salamander
Some amphibians are legless.
They look like worms, but they are
not worms; they are born with
gills and have backbones.
Caecilians (pronounced seh-SILL-yens) are tropical amphibians that look like large worms or slick snakes.
This is the life cycle of a frog:
Froglet
Do you know these famous frogs?
Do you know these famous frogs?
Froggy
Frog and Toad
Kermit
We can read books about amphibians.
Some are fiction and some are non-fiction.
We know a lot about amphibians.