Amphibians: Facts and List of Popular Amphibians

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What are Amphibians

Amphibians are cold-blooded animals that metamorphose from a juvenile water-breathing form, either to an adult air-breathing form, or to a paedomorph that retains some juvenile characteristics. The first major groups of amphibians developed in the Devonian Period from fish similar to the modern coelacanth and lungfish. Dramatic declines in amphibian populations, including population crashes and mass localized extinction, have been noted in the past two decades from locations all over the world, and amphibian declines are thus perceived as one of the most critical threats to global biodiversity.

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Superclass: Tetrapoda
Class: Amphibia

List of Popular Amphibians

Cane Toad
Golden Poison Dart Frog
Green-Eyed Tree Frog
Mexican Axolotl
Mudpuppy
Northern Leopard Frog
Oriental Fire-Bellied Toad
Poison Dart Frog
Red-Eyed Tree Frog
Spotted Salamander
Spring Peeper
Tiger Salamander
Wallace’s Flying Frog
Warty Newt

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