amphibians

1. Vertebrate animals, such as frogs, that live part of their life cycle in the water and the other part on land.

Notes

Amphibian is also used to describe things such as vehicles that can operate both on land and in the water.

Amphibians were the first land-dwelling animals to evolve.

Example Sentences

The number of threatened trees now outweighs all threatened birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians put together, according to the latest update to the official extinction red list.

From BBC

“We focused on amphibians because 41% of the assessed species are threatened, and temperature is an important driver of their extinction,” the authors said.

From Salon

But the California amphibians are once again in the line of fire and another rescue mission could be in the cards.

From Los Angeles Times

Neither overfishing nor pollution, writes David Wilcove in his book The Condor’s Shadow, “has endangered as many species of fish, mussels, amphibians, and crayfish as has habitat destruction.”

From Slate

Consider that today amphibians, birds, and even spiders make their own forms of milk.

From Slate

Related Words

• frog
• salamander
• toad