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.