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However, the only amphibians native to Britain are frogs, toads and newts - two species of frog (there are another two species but these have been introduced from the Continent), two species of toad and three species of newt. There are three groups of amphibians in the world today - the frogs and toads, the newts and salamanders, and the caecilians (legless burrowing types). A few species may be found in water at almost any time of year. Adult amphibians spend most of their life on land, usually in damp habitats, only returning to the water to breed in the spring. The resulting young, known as tadpoles - which at first look like legless blobs with tails - are aquatic and have feathery, external gills, but soon develop lungs and legs and leave the water. Tadpoles are vegetarian while mosquito larvae are carnivorous. Tadpoles also have gills for breathing underwater while mosquito larvae breathe through spiracles (openings) on their body.

This is probably the most obvious difference between the two.

Reptiles, such as lizards and turtles, always lay their eggs on land.Īmphibians lay jelly-covered eggs, called spawn, usually in still, fresh water, often among water plants. Check out these other key differences: Tadpoles have tails while mosquito larvae do not. Unlike fish, they can breathe atmospheric oxygen through lungs, and they differ from reptiles in that they have soft, moist, usually scale-less skin, and have to breed in water. If you want to observe them closely make sure that you have a. Amphibians are vertebrates (animals with backbones) which are able, when adult, to live both in water and on land. Just like fish, tadpoles have gills, and can only breathe under water.

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