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The world's smallest known vertebrate, Paedophryne amauensis, sitting on a U.S. dime. The dime is 17.9 mm in diameter, for scale. The word amphibian is derived from the Ancient Greek term ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), which means 'both kinds of life', ἀμφί meaning 'of both kinds' and βίος meaning 'life'.
List of amphibians. The temnospondyl Eryops had sturdy limbs to support its body on land. Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) with limbs and feet specialised for climbing. Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus), a primitive salamander. The bright colours of the common reed frog (Hyperolius viridiflavus) are typical of a toxic species.
Ambystoma gracile (Baird, 1859) Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Green, 1827) Ambystoma laterale Hallowell, 1856. Ambystoma mabeei Bishop, 1928. Ambystoma macrodactylum Baird, 1850. Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802) Ambystoma mavortium Baird, 1850. Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807) Ambystoma talpoideum (Holbrook, 1838)
Three US amphibious warfare ships in 2011 - the Landing Helicopter Dock USS Makin Island (LHD 8) leading the Landing Platform Dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18), rear, and the Landing Ship Dock USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), fore. This is a list of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships. This type of ship has been in use with the US Navy since ...
Amphibious warfare ship. An amphibious warfare ship (or amphib) is an amphibious vehicle warship employed to land and support ground forces, such as marines, on enemy territory during an amphibious assault. Specialized shipping can be divided into two types, most crudely described as ships and craft. In general, the ships carry the troops from ...
Binomial name. †Amphibamus grandiceps. Cope, 1865. Amphibamus is a genus of amphibamid temnospondyl amphibians from the Carboniferous (middle Pennsylvanian) of North America. [1][2][3] This animal is considered to have been close to the ancestry of modern amphibians. Its length was about 20 centimetres (7.9 in). [4]
Cope's gray tree frog. Dryophrytes chrysoscelis. Hylidae. Secure (S5) Green tree frog. Dryophrytes cinereus. Hylidae. Apparently Secure (S4) Pine woods tree frog.
Amphibious assault ship. An amphibious assault ship is a type of warship employed to land and support ground forces on enemy territory during an armed conflict. [1] The design evolved from aircraft carriers converted for use as helicopter carriers (which, as a result, are often mistaken for conventional fixed-wing aircraft carriers).