Amphibia

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Amphibia

[am-fib´e-ah]

a class of animals that breathe by means of gills in the larval state but after metamorphosis breathe by means of lungs.

Amphibia

(am-fĭb′ē-ă) [Gr. amphibia (zōia), (animals) living a double life]

A class of cold-blooded animals that live on land and in water; includes salamanders, frogs, and toads. They breathe through gills during their aquatic larval stage but through lungs in their adult stage.

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Does advertisement call variation coincide with genetic variation in the genetically diverse frog taxon currently known as Leptodactylus fuscus (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae)?

Acoustic niche partitioning in an anuran community from the municipality of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil/Particao de nicho acustico em uma comunidade de anuros do municipio de Floriano, Piaui, Brasil

Antiplasmodial and antileishmanial activities of phylloseptin-1, na antimicrobial peptide from the skin secretion of Phyllomedusa azurea (Amphibia).

Actividad antibacterial de secreciones de la piel de Phyllomedusa azurea (Anura: Hylidae) en Cerrado, Brasil centro

Brodie Jr., "Partitioning of the salamandrid genus Tylototriton Anderson (Amphibia: Caudata) with a description of a new genus," Herpetologica, vol.

An Investigation into Tetrodotoxin (TTX) Levels Associated with the Red Dorsal Spots in Eastern Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) Efts and Adults

& MOHAMMED, R.S., 2011.- The Distribution of the Frog eleutherodactylus johnstonei (Amphibia: Eleutherodactylidae) in Trinidad, West Indies.

Presencia de eleutherodactylus johnstonei (anura: eleutherodactylidae) en ibague, tolima, Colombia: el papel de los viveros comerciales

Systematics and zoogeography of Philippine Amphibia. - Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

Herpetofaunal Diversity and Endemism in selected Caves of Sarangani Province and Lanao Del Sur, Philippines

amphibia in wetlands under intensive human influence (Weilhoefer and Pan, 2007).

Variability of riparian soil diatom communities and their potential as indicators of anthropogenic disturbances

Thresholds for evoked vocal responses of Eupsophus emiliopugini (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae).Herpetologica.

Primer registro de la presencia y reproduccion del Anuro Rhinella poeppigii (Tschudi, 1845) en un area antropica del departamento de Lima, Peru

Sirena discovers she is an Amphibia - a race descended from the magical Merfolk, who can live on land and in sea.

I ILLUSTRATED A BOOK; The Werewhale and the Sea Chest By Debbie McFadden

An unusual two-lined salamander, Eurycea bislineata (Amphibia, Urodela, Plethodontidae) and its implications regarding developmental mechanism of the striped pattern in the Plethodontidae.

Sampling of terrestrial salamanders reveals previously unreported atypical color morphs in the southern red-backed salamander Plethodon serratus

Packs included a guide to invertebrate identification and how to calculate the 'health' of the lake or pond using the presence or absence of these groups; pH dipstrips; a device for measuring turbidity (water clarity) and additional identification guides on amphibia, dragonflies and pondweeds, compiled by national organisations interested in their distribution.