Amphibians
Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders, and two stranger ones: the caecilian, which has no legs, and the olm, a blind cave salamander.
Most amphibians start life in water and move onto land as adults. The axolotl never does, and stays a swimmer all its life.
11 animals, A to Z.
- AxolotlA Mexican salamander that never goes through metamorphosis: adults keep their feathery external gills and stay in the water.
- BullfrogThe largest true frog in North America, named for the male’s call, which sounds like a bull bellowing.
- CaecilianMore than 220 species of limbless, worm- or snake-shaped amphibians with small eyes or none, living hidden in soil or streambeds.
- FrogTailless, short-bodied amphibians, making up about 88% of all amphibian species.
- HellbenderA giant aquatic salamander of streams in the eastern and central United States, and the largest amphibian in North America.
- NewtOver 100 species of semiaquatic salamanders in North America, Europe, North Africa and Asia.
- OlmA blind, pale salamander that lives its whole life underwater in the flooded limestone caves of the Dinaric Alps, the only cave-only vertebrate genus in Europe.
- Poison dart frogOver 170 species of small, often brilliantly coloured frogs from the rainforests of Central and South America, active by day.
- SalamanderTailed amphibians with slender, lizard-like bodies and moist skin, which keeps them near water or damp places.
- ToadA common name for frogs with short legs and dry, warty skin, especially the true toads.
- Tree frogAny frog that spends most of its life in trees.
How each answer is decided: How we answer. Every animal, in one list: All animals.