amphibians + reptiles

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Across
  1. 4. a young frog
  2. 8. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
  3. 9. tetrapod vertebrate animals
  4. 12. an extinct species known for its striking coloration and unique habitat in the cloud forests of Costa Rica
  5. 13. all extant and extinct amphibians and amniotes
  6. 16. the flexible membrane of skin possessed by most male frogs and toads
  7. 17. supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth
  8. 18. a specialized respiratory organ that many aquatic animals use for aquatic gas exchange
  9. 19. mall slender-bodied amphibian with lungs and a well-developed tail
  10. 20. a tailless amphibian with a short squat body, moist smooth skin, and very long hind legs for leaping
Down
  1. 1. a genus of toads
  2. 2. animals that neither develop nor retain a spine/back bone
  3. 3. ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals
  4. 5. a geologic period
  5. 6. tetrapod vertebrate animals with an ectothermic metabolism and amniotic development
  6. 7. the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages
  7. 10. commonly referred to as a "cold-blooded animal
  8. 11. the scientific study of animals
  9. 14. a lizard-like amphibian with an elongated body and tail and short limbs
  10. 15. is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.