SCIENCE
ZOOLOGY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Being cold blooded and living partly on land and partly in the water.
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Having fur.
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Being warm blooded.
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Having feathers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -An amphibian is a cold-blooded vertebrate animal that is born in water and breathes with gills. As the larva grows into its adult form, the animal’s lungs develop the ability to breathe air, and the animal can live on land. Frogs, toads, and salamanders are all amphibians.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hint: Amphibians replaced gills with another respiratory organ, the lungs, in order to live on land. Other adaptations present include: skin that prevents loss of water, eyelids which allow adapting to vision outside the water.
Detailed explanation-3: -Animals that cannot generate internal heat are known as poikilotherms (poy-KIL-ah-therms), or cold-blooded animals. Insects, worms, fish, amphibians, and reptiles fall into this category-all creatures except mammals and birds.
Detailed explanation-4: -The animals which can live both in water and on land are called Amphibians. Frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts are among the species that make up this category.
Detailed explanation-5: -Solution : Lobefins were the first animals to be declared as amphibians.