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Salamanders are amphibians, not reptiles. There are over 700 species of salamanders globally, but all are classified as amphibians. Amphibians are ectothermic, vertebrates, lay eggs, and undergo an ...
Protecting large swaths of Earth’s land can help stem the tide of biodiversity loss—including for vertebrates like amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds, according to a new study published in Nature ...
The team evaluated the status of 8,011 species of amphibians tracked by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Their findings, published this week in Nature, indicate nearly 41 ...
It looked like a cross between a crocodile and a salamander - and definitely was not an animal to be messed with. Long before the dinosaurs or even the advent of the earliest true amphibians and ...
Thousands of species of frogs, salamanders and legless caecilians are at risk of disappearing forever. Facing a unique cocktail of threats, including habitat destruction, disease and climate change, ...
Caecilian amphibians are one of the least known vertebrate groups. The researchers were able to observe that the females of egg-laying amphibians, such as the species Siphonops annulatus, provide ...
Amphibians are a class of cold-blooded vertebrates that include frogs, toads, salamanders and newts. They live on all continents across the globe except for Antarctica and have porous eggs and ...
Nearly 20 years ago, the first global assessment of amphibians found the animals facing widespread declines. Now, a second, updated report shows that many amphibians are still in trouble, but with ...
Protecting large swaths of Earth's land can help stem the tide of biodiversity loss—including for vertebrates like amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds, according to a study published in ...
Protecting large swaths of Earth's land can help stem the tide of biodiversity loss -- including for vertebrates like amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds, according to a new study published in ...