AMPHIBIAN-INTRODUCTION

NAME OF ANIMAL

DESCRPTION

AMPHIBIAN

AMPHIBIANS ARE SMALL, COLD-BLOODED VERTEBRATES WITH MOIST, SCALELESS SKIN THAT CAN BREATHE AND ABSORB WATER THROUGH IT. THEY ARE ECTOTHERMIC, MEANING THEY PREFER WARM ENVIRONMENTS. AMPHIBIANS REPRESENT AN EVOLUTIONARY TRANSITION FROM WATER TO LAND, AND INCLUDE SPECIES LIKE FROGS, TOADS, SALAMANDERS, AND NEWTS. THEY CAN LIVE BOTH ON LAND AND IN WATER, THOUGH SOME, LIKE MUDPUPPIES, LIVE EXCLUSIVELY IN WATER