Class_5th cbse scince chapter 2
What are amphibians
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Amphibians are ectothermic, tetrapod vertebrates of the class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terrestrial, fossorial, arboreal or freshwater aquatic ecosystems. Thus amphibians typically start out as larvae living in water, but some species have developed behavioural adaptations to bypass this.
Explanation:
Amphibians are ectothermic, tetrapod vertebrates of the class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terrestrial, fossorial, arboreal or freshwater aquatic ecosystems. Thus amphibians typically start out as larvae living in water, but some species have developed behavioural adaptations to bypass this.
Amphibians
Temporal range: Late Devonian–present, 370–0 Ma
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Collage of amphibians
Clockwise from top right: Seymouria, Mexican burrowing caecilian, eastern newt and leaf green tree frog
Scientific classificatione
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade:
Batrachomorpha
Class:
Amphibia
Gray 1825[1]
Subclasses
†Lepospondyli
†Temnospondyli
Lissamphibia (modern amphibians)
Anura (frogs)
Caudata (salamanders)
Gymnophiona (caecilians)
†Albanerpetontidae
Many amphibians — like this Ceratophrys cranwelli — exhibit biofluorescence.[2]
The young generally undergo metamorphosis from larva with gills to an adult air-breathing form with lungs. Amphibians use their skin as a secondary respiratory surface and some small terrestrial salamanders and frogs lack lungs and rely entirely on their skin. They are superficially similar to lizards but, along with mammals and birds, reptiles are amniotes and do not require water bodies in which to breed. With their complex reproductive needs and permeable skins, amphibians are often ecological indicators; in recent decades there has been a dramatic decline in amphibian populations for many species around the globe.
The earliest amphibians evolved in the Devonian period from sarcopterygian fish with lungs and bony-limbed fins, features that were helpful in adapting to dry land. They diversified and became dominant during the Carboniferous and Permian periods, but were later displaced by reptiles and other vertebrates. Over time, amphibians shrank in size and decreased in diversity, leaving only the modern subclass Lissamphibia.
The three modern orders of amphibians are Anura (the frogs), Urodela (the salamanders), and Apoda (the caecilians). The number of known amphibian species is approximately 8,000, of which nearly 90% are frogs. The smallest amphibian (and vertebrate) in the world is a frog from New Guinea (Paedophryne amauensis) with a length of just 7.7 mm (0.30 in). The largest living amphibian is the 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) South China giant salamander (Andrias sligoi), but this is dwarfed by the extinct 9 m (30 ft) Prionosuchus from the middle Permian of Brazil. The study of amphibians is called batrachology, while the study of both reptiles and amphibians is called herpetology.
Answer:
(i) Yes, I have seen a snake-charmers playing a been when he was performing a show in our street.
(ii) Yes, I have seen a snake. I have seen many different kinds of snakes in the zoo.
(iii) Yes, I was scared by it because I have heard that some snakes are poisonous.