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How are amphibians born? What are the different types of amphibians? How many species of amphibians are there? Expand your knowledge of these fascinating vertebrates in this amazing book!

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Capstone Global Library

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05 juillet 2011

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9781406234336

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28 Mo

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The Life Cycle of Amphibians

LIFE CYCLES

The Life Cycle of Amphibians

Darlene R. Stille

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Stille, Darlene R. The life cycle of amphibians. -- (Life cycles) 1. Amphibians--Life cycles--Juvenile literature. I. Title II. Series 597.8'156-dc22

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Contents

What is an amphibian?.............................................................................. 4 What are the different kinds of amphibian? ......................................... 6 How are amphibians born? .................................................................... 12

How do amphibians grow? .................................................................... 16

How do amphibians move around? ..................................................... 22

What do amphibians eat?....................................................................... 26

Where do amphibians live?....................................................................30

How do amphibians spend their time? ...............................................34

How do amphibians protect themselves? ..........................................36

How do amphibians have babies? .......................................................38

Amphibian facts .......................................................................................44

Glossary .....................................................................................................46 Find out more ........................................................................................... 47 Index ...........................................................................................................48

Some words are shown in bold,like this. You can find out what they mean by looking in the glossary.

Look but don’t touch:Many amphibians are easily hurt. If you see one in the wild, do not get too close to it. Look at it, but do not try to touch it!

What is an amphibian?

Frogs that swim in quiet ponds and toads that hide in dense forests belong to a special group of animals. This group is the amphibians. The wordamphibiancomes from Greek words that mean ‘double life’. Most amphibians spend part of their life cycle as water animals and part as land animals. Salamanders and worm-like animals called caecilians are also amphibians.

A frog has bulging eyes, no tail, and long, strong back legs.

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