Distinguishing Features

• Can survive in water and on land

• Ectotherms - Can regulate their own body temperature

• Children very different from adults

• Has a brain

Why are we Better?

• Can survive in both water as well as land

• Help regulate the ecosystem

• Live in very diverse environments

• Diversity makes them extremely difficult to eradicate

• Has a brain

Examples

• Tree Frog

• Salamander

• Common toad

• Poison dartfrog

• Newt