Synonyms for amphibians
am·phib·ians

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1. List of paraphrases for "amphibians":

   amphibian, amphibia, reptiles, vascular

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1. Mark Coggins, "The Immortal Game" (novel):

   Carbon atoms on a distant planet rearranged themselves into DNA, microorganisms formed, grew backbones, swam around the ocean, mutated into amphibians and crawled onto dry land—and finally a cab appeared at the mouth of the alley.

2. Katherine Krynak:

   Amphibians are declining so rapidly that scientists are oftentimes describing new species from museum specimens because the animals have already gone extinct in the wild, and very recently.

3. Louise Rollins-Smith:

   Amphibians, especially certain groups of frogs, produce and store large amounts of antimicrobial peptides in specialized granular glands in the skin, when the skin is injured or the frog is alarmed, they release large amounts of the peptides to protect the skin.

4. Steve Brusatte:

   Part of the fabric of that world were these huge amphibians [metoposaurids] — they lived all over the place, especially in the low latitudes.

5. Peter Marra:

   Birds are in crisis, the take-home message is that our findings add to mounting evidence with other recent studies showing massive declines in insects, amphibians and other taxa, signaling a widespread ecological crisis.