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amphibia
| Question | head and tru |
|---|---|
| other characteristics | internal nares to make breathing possible by keeping mouth closed and reduction in bones to make body lighter |
| body division and limbs | head and trunk 2 pairs of pendactyl limbs with 4 5 or fewer digits some without legs like caecillians webbed feet |
| skin and exoskeleton | skin smooth moist and rich in glands highly vascular scales mostly absent some glands poisonous |
| respiration and metabolism | larval stage by gills and adults by skin and lungs |
| heart and ciculation | cold blooded three chambered heart with truncus arteriosus and sinus venosus double circulation |
| reproduction | sexes are separate feritilization either internal or external most are oviparous cloaca presence |
| eggs characteristics | anamnion no protective shell |
| examples | frogs salamender mudpuppy toads |