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The class Amphibia includes three orders: the Caudata or Urodela, commonly known as salamanders and newts and characterized by possessing four limbs and a tail, the Gymnophiona or Caecilians, which are worm-like, have narrow bodies and lack limbs, and the Anura, which are the frogs and toads characterized by the possession of limbs but lack of a tail in the adult.
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Tyler, M.J. (2010). Adhesive Dermal Secretions of the Amphibia, with Particular Reference to the Australian Limnodynastid Genus Notaden . In: von Byern, J., Grunwald, I. (eds) Biological Adhesive Systems. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0286-2_11
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