Dwarf Two-Lined Salamander native to South Carolina
Amphibians are cold blooded animals like reptiles, but amphibians are born in water. They breathe by way of gills in their early part of life, and eventually use lungs to breathe later in life.
Not all amphibians can create sound, for example salamanders. Amphibians that can create sound, frogs and toads, use the larynx and vocal chords to sing. Amphibians can also create underwater sounds by modifying the larynx. The bipennate muscles contract the arytenoids disks to create a clicking sound.
Orders of Amphibians:
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Dwarf Two-Lined Salamander native to South Carolina |
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Sri-Lanka Caecilian are found in South and Southeast Asia |
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For more information on caecilians go to: A Brief Introduction to Caecilians
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A high majority of frogs and toads create sound. They have a good sense of hearing, but their ears are tuned to a small frequency rage. Each kind of frog has a specialized frequency range in which they can hear sound. This frequency range is correlated closely with the frequencies in which sound is produced. One type of frog will not be able to hear another type of frog’s sounds, unless their frequency ranges overlap. |
Dendrobates auratus, a type of poison dart frog |
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Pachymedusa dacnicolor (Mexican Monkey Frog) |
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