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