As they grow, they develop legs and lungs and begin to live on land breathing air like us. This amazing change is called metamorphosis. Amphibians play an important part in the food chain eating ...

Amphibians are small vertebrates that need water, or a moist environment, to survive. The species in this group include frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts. All can breathe and absorb water ...

Safe and damp is key for frogs and toads. A compost heap offers the perfect environment and toads love burrowing in the warm moisture of rotting compost. If you don’t have a compost heap check ...

This allowed contraction and relaxation of muscles of body wall, changing volume of thoracic cavity and allowing amphibian to suck air in and expel it. This is a reasonably effective respiratory ...

For instance, studies have shown that water-breathing vertebrates, like fish and larval amphibians, display a direct relationship between heartbeats and gill ventilation, controlled by specific ...

The fatal disease can cause reddened and sloughed skin, hind-limb convulsions, ulcers or hemorrhaging, and respiratory and nervous-system problems — and it's responsible for the decline of about 200 ...