LIFE CYCLE: Eggs hatch one to two weeks after being laid ... Tadpoles filter suspended plant material or feed on bottom detritus. THREATS: Boreal toads are threatened by disease caused by chytrid ...
What are amphibians and reptiles? Amphibians are frogs, toads, newts and salamanders. Most amphibians have complex life cycles with time on land and in the water. Their skin must stay moist to absorb ...
Particularly it adds to the origins and endurance of the biphasic life cycle seen in frogs today. Frogs and toads belong to ...
Another special feature of most amphibians is their egg-larva-adult life cycle. The larvae are aquatic and free-swimming—frogs and toads at this stage are called tadpoles. At a certain size ...