Class Amphibia

Question 1

Amphi

Answer 1

Double

Question 2

Bios

Answer 2

Life

Question 3

Amphibia

Answer 3

Part of life in water and part on land

Question 4

Smooth most skin with many glands like?

Answer 4

Mucous glands
Poison glands
Chromatophores

Question 5

How do amphibians breathe?

Answer 5

They respirate through their skin

Question 6

Tetrapod

Answer 6

4 limbs
No true claws/nails

Question 7

Nares=nostrils

Answer 7

Positioned at tip of head
Open into anterior mouth

Question 8

Lay eggs where?

Answer 8

In water or moist environments

Question 9

Order gymnophiona

Answer 9

Apods or caecilians

Question 10

What type of body does order gymnophiona have?

Answer 10

Long/ slender body
No limbs
Terminal anus
Usually blind

Question 11

Where do order gymnophiona live?

Answer 11

Tropical forests and they burrow into the ground
THEY ARE LIMBLESS

Question 12

Order caudata

Answer 12

Tailed amphibians, urodeles, salamanders

Question 13

Characteristics of order caudata

Answer 13

Tailed
Legs are equal length at 90 degree angle to body
May have gills, lungs, both or neither

Question 14

Order caudata most eggs are laid where?

Answer 14

In water
Larvae have external gills

Question 15

Purely terrestrial

Answer 15

Lay eggs in clusters in moist areas

Question 16

Direct development

Answer 16

Young are mini-adults with no larval stage

Question 17

Some internal fertilization male? Female?

Answer 17

Male: lays spermatophore
Female: takes spermatophore into her cloaca

Question 18

Spermatophore

Answer 18

Sperm packet

Question 19

Paedomorphosis

Answer 19

Adults retain juvenile characteristics

Question 20

Aquatic species

Answer 20

Retain external gills

Question 21

Give examples of order Caudata

Answer 21

Axolotl, mudpuppy salamander

Question 22

Order anura

Answer 22

Frogs and toads

Question 23

Anura

Answer 23

Without tail

Question 24

Order Anura characteristics

Answer 24

No tail in adult
Hind limbs longer than forelimbs
Young and adults are very different

Question 25

Anura larvae

Answer 25

Gill breathing herbivores

Question 26

Order Anura adults

Answer 26

Lung breathing carnivores

Question 27

Order Anura amplexus(reproduction)

Answer 27

Male clasps female around abdomen and squeezes Eggs are released Male deposits sperm on eggs External fertilization

Question 28

Fun fact order anura

Answer 28

Some tropical species have direct development ( froglet emerges from egg

Question 29

Give examples of order anura

Answer 29

Tree frog Dart frog Turtle frog

Question 30

Epiglottis

Answer 30

Prevents food from going into the lungs

Question 31

Bile

Answer 31

Gall bladder stores this

Question 32

Gall bladder

Answer 32

Found under liver, stores bile

Question 33

Nictitating membrane

Answer 33

Protective third eye lid

Question 34

Kidney

Answer 34

Filters waste from the blood

Question 35

Peritoneum

Answer 35

Spiderweb like membrane that covers the organs

Question 36

Pancreas

Answer 36

Makes insulin

Question 37

Duodenum

Answer 37

First part of small intestine

Question 38

Mesentery

Answer 38

Membrane holds the coils of the small intestine together

Question 39

Coronary artery

Answer 39

Blood vessels leave the heart here

Question 40

Liver

Answer 40

Largest organ in frogs

Question 41

Spleen

Answer 41

Stores blood & part of the immune system