It’s an Amphibian
It’s an Amphibian
The European green toad is an amphibian.
Did you ever see a big, fat frog? A frog is one of the animals that
lives in water when it is a baby and on land when it grows up. We call
these animals amphibians.
Amphibians lay eggs that are soft and have no shells. The eggs dry up
easily, so amphibians must lay them in water or wet places. Most baby
amphibians are born in water. They look like baby fish and breathe with
gills as a fish does.
When most amphibians grow up their gills disappear. Then the amphibians
come on land to live. They breathe with lungs as birds, dogs, and people
do.
The word amphibian means two lives. That’s a good name for animals
that live one kind of life in water and another kind of life on land.
