AMPHIBIANS

HABITAT LIVE IN LAND AND WATER

EXAMPLE OF ANIMALS

FROG

NEWTS

TOADS

SALAMANDER

CHARACTERISTICS OF AMPHIBIANS

The young live in water .

They usually have loose and moist skin .

Moist skin

Webbed foot

Amphibians are cold-blooded animals .

Young amphibians breathe through gills . The adults breathe through lungs when on land and through their skin when in water .

Adult amphibians have limbs to jump on land and swim in water .

ON LAND

IN WATER

The females lay eggs in the water . The eggs are fertilised outside the body .