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Amphibians
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Members of the class amphibia, which includes frogs, toads, and newts; they live part of their lives in water and part on land.
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Amphibious
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Being able to on land and in the water.
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Aquatic
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Living ia a water habitat.
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Caecilians
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Worm-like amphibians that do not have limbs and areusually without sight.
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Cloaca
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A common chamber where the digestive and urinary tract emptys and the reproductive tracts of birds, reptiles, and fish are located.
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Metamorphosis
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A series of physical changes that an animal goes through from birth or hatching to adult.
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Newt
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Small, semiaquatic amphibians similar to salamanders.
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Olm
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A dull, white animal with red feathery, external gills.
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Osmosis
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The flow of a substance from an area of high concentration to an area of of lower concentration through a semipermeable membrane.
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Salamander
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Small, lizard-like amphibian lacking scales and breathing through gills during the larval stage.
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Semiaquatic
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Animals that live both in water and on land.
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Sirens
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Eel-like amphibians that live in freshwater areas of the southern and central united states.
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Spermatophore
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A capsule containing sperm deposited by the male.
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Gymnophiona
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Worm-like.
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Caudata
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Newts and salamanders.
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