Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department - The following information is
an attempt to answer some of the most commonly-asked questions about these
fascinating, yet all too often persecuted, maligned, and misunderstood
creatures.
TPWD Amphibians
- typically are "cold-blooded"
vertebrates which change from an aquatic, water-breathing, limbless larva
(or tadpole) to a terrestrial or partially terrestrial, air-breathing,
four-legged adult. This group includes: frogs and toads, salamanders and
newts, and caecilians (limbless amphibians).