You Are in a Tropical Forest and Find an Organism

question 144

Multiple Choice

You are in a tropical forest and find an organism that has bony vertebrae and no legs.It lays eggs in moist patches and uses its skin for gaseous exchange.You have found a(n)

• A) anuran.
• B) caecilian.
• C) salamander.
• D) snake.
• E) lizard.

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