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  2. Amphibian - Wikipedia

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    Amphibians are ectothermic (cold-blooded) vertebrates that do not maintain their body temperature through internal physiological processes. Their metabolic rate is low and as a result, their food and energy requirements are limited. In the adult state, they have tear ducts and movable eyelids, and most species have ears that can detect airborne ...

  3. Ectotherm - Wikipedia

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    An ectotherm (from the Greek ἐκτός (ektós) "outside" and θερμός (thermós) "heat"), more commonly referred to as a "cold-blooded animal", [1] is an animal in which internal physiological sources of heat, such as blood, are of relatively small or of quite negligible importance in controlling body temperature. [2]

  4. Cold-blooded - Wikipedia

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    Cold-blooded is an informal term for one or more of a group of characteristics that determine an animal's thermophysiology. These include: Ectothermy, controlling body temperature through external processes, such as by basking in the sun; Poikilothermy, the ability of an organism to function over a wide internal temperature range

  5. Reptile - Wikipedia

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    Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development. Living reptiles comprise four orders : Testudines ( turtles ), Crocodilia ( crocodilians ), Squamata ( lizards and snakes ), and Rhynchocephalia (the tuatara ).

  6. Could ‘frozen iguanas’ return to Florida this winter? Here’s ...

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    A cold-stunned iguana that fell from a tree when temperatures dropped in 40s in West Palm Beach, Florida on Dec. 26, 2022. The low temperature immobilize the cold blooded reptiles until it gets ...

  7. Frog - Wikipedia

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    Being cold-blooded, they make efficient use of the food they eat with little energy being used for metabolic processes, while the rest is transformed into biomass. They are themselves eaten by secondary predators and are the primary terrestrial consumers of invertebrates, most of which feed on plants.

  8. Ancient swamp creature with a toilet seat-shaped head was a ...

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    “She’s a large aquatic animal, very essentially something between a fish and an amphibian, and achieving very large body sizes,” Pardo said. “If you’re cold-blooded, that’s really hard ...

  9. Yep, SC has a state amphibian and it’s poisonous. Is it ...

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    The amphibian’s skin has a sensitive, slimy coating, which, if removed through handling, could seriously harm the critter. ... 'Dangerously cold' arctic outbreak threatens 230 million as feet of ...