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AMPHIBIA [1 record]

Record 1 1978-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
DEF

Cold-blooded, smooth skinned vertebrates which start life as an aquatic larva breathing by means of gills and later undergo a somewhat rapid metamorphosis into the adult lung-breathing form. Frogs, toads and newts are well known examples.

OBS

Not to be confused with the term amphibian which in English is used to denote a subdivision of the class Amphibia. In French the distinction is not made.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Reptiles et amphibiens
CONT

Dans la nature actuelle, les amphibiens nous offrent le spectacle unique du passage d'un Vertébré de la vie aquatique à la vie terrestre au cours de son développement individuel. [...] Les amphibiens ont remplacé le membre pair du type nageoire [...] des poissons par le membre pair pentadactyle [...] des Tétrapodes [...] La peau est nue ou couverte de petites écailles, mais elle est toujours perméable et capable d'assurer les échanges avec le milieu extérieur.

Spanish

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