Amphibians Breathe Through Skin

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Amphibians Breathe Through Skin. They live underwater and breathe through gills at one stage of their life, and live on land breathing through lungs at another stage. Amphibians use their moist skin to breathe.

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Turtles breathe through their butt’s when underwater. They supplement this with gas exchange through the skin. Some amphibians can hold their breath for hours.

Amphibians such as frogs use more than one organ of respiration during their life.

Skin is their most important and largest organ. First, it means that their skin helps them breathe, since oxygen passes easily through it. Amphibians lay eggs in water, not on land, and their eggs are soft, with no hard shell. Some axolotl salamanders keep their gills throughout life.

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