Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Class Amphibia
1st land vertebrates
Ex: frogs, toads, & salamanders
 CLASS AMPHIBIA – “Double Life”
frogs, toads, salamanders, & newts
Characteristics:
• “Double Life” - lives part of its life
in water and part on land

• Ectothermic - “outside heat”- body

temp. regulated by environment

• no scales or claws
• Have thin, moist skin
 AMPHIBIAN METAMORPHOSIS
Egg – tadpole – adult
• external fertilization with no parental care
• lay eggs without shells in water
• larvae are herbivores, adults carnivores
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• Amphibian Body Plan:

– Bilateral symmetry

– 3 chambered heart

– Breathe through thin, moist skin (produces

mucus), and lungs
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 CLASS AMPHIBIA
Order Anura

• Anura:
an = without
ura = tail
• Tailless as adults
• Specialized hindlegs adapted for jumping and
swimming - frogs
running - toads
• Tympanum (ear drum) and larynx well developed
Ex. Frogs and toads
 Class Amphibia
Order Caudata
• Caudata - “have a tail”
• 2 pairs walking legs
• Live in freshwater or
leaf litter
Ex. Salamanders and newts
 Class Amphibia:
Order
Gymnophiona(Apoda)
Gymnos- naked
ophis- snake

live in tropics in
soil
Elongated body
Limbless
Carnivores- eat invertebrates
Ex. Caecilians – “blind”-small eyes
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