Vertebrate animals

Vertebrate animals have a skeleton inside Vertebrate animals have a skeleton inside their bodiestheir bodies..

Vertebrates

Mammals Birds ?Fish

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They are vertebrates animals.They are vertebrates animals.

They spend on part of their lives under They spend on part of their lives under water (breathing with gills) and the other water (breathing with gills) and the other part on land (breathing with lungs.)part on land (breathing with lungs.)

They are cold blooded animals so their They are cold blooded animals so their body tempereture depends on the body tempereture depends on the temperature of their enviroment.temperature of their enviroment.

VertebratesMammals

Birds

Amphibians

Fish

AMPHIBIANSAMPHIBIANS

They spend one They spend one part of their lives part of their lives under water under water (breathing gills)(breathing gills)

and the other part and the other part on land (breathing on land (breathing with lungs)with lungs)

They are cold They are cold blooded, their body blooded, their body temperature temperature depends on the depends on the temperarute of temperarute of their enviroment.their enviroment.

The The frogfrog

The frog lives in damp grass.The frog lives in damp grass. It has smoodth, moist skin an bulging eyes.It has smoodth, moist skin an bulging eyes. It can hop and swim very well.It can hop and swim very well. The frog is a carnivore.The frog is a carnivore. Frogs are amphibians.Frogs are amphibians.

The frog can hop up to 60 cm- up to six or The frog can hop up to 60 cm- up to six or seven times its own length.seven times its own length.

The frog swim very well using its The frog swim very well using its webbing toes.webbing toes.

It eats worms, insects, spiders, slugs.

The frog is a carnivore

Frog eggsFrog eggs Femile Femile frogs lay tiny frogs lay tiny frog eggs in frog eggs in the water. the water.

The eggs The eggs are in a jelly are in a jelly which which protects protects them.them.

TadpoleTadpole The eggs hatch into

tadpoles. The tadpole spends its

thime swimming in the water, eating and growing.

Tadpoles breathe using gills. The The tadpole grows legs tadpole grows legs (and then arms). It (and then arms). It breathes using gills breathes using gills and has a tail.and has a tail.

FrogletFroglet The almost The almost

adult frog adult frog breathes with breathes with lungs and still lungs and still has some of has some of its tail.its tail.

Adult Adult frogfrog

The adult frog breathes with lungs and has no tail. It can live on land.