The digestive, skeletal, muscular, nervous, and other systems of amphibians are similar to those of higher animals. Because of this biology students study the frog to learn about these systems. Amphibians are cold-blooded animals like reptiles. Their body temperature is like the temperature in their environment. Amphibians that live in cool areas hibernate through the winter.
Most amphibians spend a lot of their lives in wet surroundings.
They lay their eggs in water. The eggs hatch into larvae, breathe through gills, and are herbivorous. As adults they are carnivorous and eat insects, slugs, and worms. Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 99.