class amphibia

1. The class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water;
   Frogs;
   Toads;
   Newts;
   Salamanders;
   Caecilians (synset 101628388)
   is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
   member holonym:

   • amphibian - cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
   • genus hynerpeton, hynerpeton - earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Pennsylvania
   • genus ichthyostega - second earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Greenland
   • caudata, order caudata, order urodella, urodella - salamanders; newts; congo snakes
   • anura, batrachia, order anura, order batrachia, order salientia, salientia - frogs, toads, tree toads
   • gymnophiona, order gymnophiona - an order of amphibians including caecilians
   • labyrinthodonta, labyrinthodontia, superorder labyrinthodonta, superorder labyrinthodontia - extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic
   • order stegocephalia, stegocephalia - in former classifications a division of class Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia
   • polliwog, pollywog, tadpole - a larval frog or toad
   belongs to: craniata, subphylum craniata, subphylum vertebrata, vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
   same as: amphibia

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