amphibian

Examples

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• Researchers are studying how pollution affects the health of amphibian populations in nearby wetlands.

• The goal is to develop a greatly expanded capacity for housing and retaining amphibian species that can no longer make it in the wild.

  Academic text (2007)

• As amphibian communities in Central America are being decimated by chytrid disease, scientists are working to fashion an emergency response.

  Academic text (2007)

• Amphibian skin thus appears to have limited options for waterproofing because it is thin, poorly keratinized, and therefore supple.

  Academic text (2001)

• The Rainbow Bay project provides a model for long-term ecological studies at a time when many amphibian species, particularly frogs, are thought to be in decline or in danger of disappearing.

  Academic text (1998)

• We selected widely separated sites in Maine, Missouri, and South Carolina to incorporate large differences in climate, amphibian species diversity, forest type, and topography (Figure 1).

  Academic text (2009)

• The unique life cycle of an amphibian involves both an aquatic larval stage and a terrestrial adult stage.

Synonyms

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amphibious

vsamphibian

4 6.5

Relating to animals like frogs and toads that live in water and on land

notes they typically live both on land and in water

How Land-based

terrestrial

4 4.0

amphibian

1 5.5

aquatic

1 4.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology