anfibio

Definitions of anfibio
  1. noun
    the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians
  2. noun
    cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
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    urodelo
    amphibians that resemble lizards
    salamandra
    any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed
    anuro, batracio, escuerzo
    any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
    salamandra acuática, tritón
    small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia
    rana
    insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs
    sapo
    tailless amphibian similar to a frog but more terrestrial and having drier warty skin
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    vertebrado
    animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
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