Authors
Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui Wildlife Veterinarian & Curator, CDF Vertebrate Collections, Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos, Ecuador.
Cruz Márquez Herpetologist, Galapagos National Park Service, Galápagos, Ecuador.
Howard L. Snell Professor and Curator, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles, The Museum of Southwestern Biology at the University of New Mexico, USA.
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Amphibians
Amphibians live on land and in water.
Typically, the young live as tadpoles in the water because they have gills. They undergo metamorphosis becoming adults when the gills develop into lungs.
No native amphibians exist in Galapagos. Both species found here today were introduced from the continent.
Authors: Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui, Cruz Márquez, Howard L. Snell.
Other Contributors: Paola Buitrón, Brian Cooke, Sandra Landázuri, Javier Zabala.
Names of taxa included: 2.
Origin of the taxa included: 1 accidental, 1 intercepted.
Amphibia Species Checklist
Domain Eukaryota
Kingdom Animalia
Division Chordata
Class Amphibia
Order Anura
Family Bufonidae
Genus Rhinella
Family Hylidae
Genus Scinax
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