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Television series about reptiles and amphibians (7 C, 23 P) V. ... Pages in category "Amphibians in culture" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Culture consists of the social behaviour and norms in human societies transmitted through social learning. [1] Amphibians have for centuries appeared in culture . From the fire-dwelling salamander to the frogs (and occasionally toads ) of myth and fairytale and the rare use of a newt in literature, amphibians play the role of strange and ...
The largest living amphibian is the 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) [41] but this is a great deal smaller than the largest amphibian that ever existed—the extinct 9 m (30 ft) Prionosuchus, a crocodile-like temnospondyl dating to 270 million years ago from the middle Permian of Brazil. [42]
Blue is the range of Felinae (excluding the domestic cat), green is the range of Pantherinae. Felidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, colloquially referred to as cats. A member of this family is called a felid. [1] [2] The term "cat" refers both to felids in general and specifically to domestic cats.
Pictures of Grumpy Cat are frequently found in the form of memes, due to Grumpy Cat's deformed features giving a permanently unhappy appearance. Cats have also featured prominently in modern culture. For example, a cat named Mimsey was used by MTM Enterprises as their mascot and features in their logo as a spoof of the MGM lion. [30]
Cats are also depicted in Middle Eastern and ancient Egyptian artwork dating back centuries, and immortalized in miniature sculptures, incense holders, and other trinkets and art pieces. Some ...
Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia. In its broadest sense, it is a paraphyletic group encompassing all tetrapods excluding the amniotes (tetrapods with an amniotic membrane , such as modern reptiles , birds and mammals ).
Domestic cat or house cat (Felis catus) [3] Common North African wildcat (Felis lybica lybica) [27] 8000–7500 BCE [27] the Near East: meat, pelts, pest control, research, show, pets Tame, slight physical changes Very abundant in captivity; true wildcat species less abundant, though not rare, feral populations very common 1c Carnivora