Their single parent is a giant, mute aquatic individual, called Primus Gruntus Maximus, to whom they are born as embryos inside skin warts, much in the way of the Surinam Toad ( see Pipa pipa ).

The western terrestrial garter snake ( Thamnophis elegans ) in California is largely aquatic and depends heavily on two species of frog that are diminishing in numbers, the Yosemite toad ( Bufo canorus ) and the mountain yellow-legged frog ( Rana muscosa ), putting the snake's future at risk.

The use of the term " frog " in common names usually refers to species that are aquatic or semi-aquatic and have smooth, moist skins and the term " toad " generally refers to species that are terrestrial with dry, warty skins.

The African clawed frog ( Xenopus laevis, also known as the African clawed toad or the platanna ) is a species of South African aquatic frog of the genus Xenopus.

The Mesobatrachia comprise five fossorial families, including the spadefoot toads of Europe, North America, and East Asia, the parsley frogs, and the Mexican burrowing toad, as well as one obligatorily aquatic group, the Pipidae of Africa and South America.

While most desert wildlife depend on aquatic habitats as water sources, a number of species, such as the arroyo toad, desert pupfish, Yuma clapper rail, and southwestern willow flycatcher, are restricted to these habitats.

Adults are more aquatic than other toad species in California, and breed in shallow marsh and pond waters.

) often ingest aquatic plant material with the invertebrates on which they feed and a Brazilian tree frog Xenohyla truncata includes a large quantity of fruit in its diet.

* Blue biotechnology is a term that has been used to describe the marine and aquatic applications of biotechnology, but its use is relatively rare.

Due to hydrophobic properties, in aquatic ecosystems DDT and its metabolites are absorbed by aquatic organisms and adsorbed on suspended particles, leaving little DDT dissolved in the water itself.

The sea is called " dead " because its high salinity prevents macroscopic aquatic organisms, such as fish and aquatic plants, from living in it, though minuscule quantities of bacteria and microbial fungi are present.

Apart from its centres of learning, the campus features the Macquarie University Research Park, museums, art galleries, a sculpture park, an observatory, a sport and aquatic centre, a fauna park and also the private Macquarie University Hospital.

The health of the Murray River has declined significantly since European settlement, particularly due to river regulation, and much of its aquatic life including native fish are now declining, rare or endangered.

While much lower in energy, these plants provide the moose with its sodium requirements, and as much as half of their diet usually consists of aquatic plant life.

The idea that pterosaurs were aquatic animals persisted among a minority of scientists as late as 1830, when the German zoologist Johann Georg Wagler published a text on " amphibians " which included an illustration of Pterodactylus using its wings as flippers.

A few scientists continued to support the aquatic interpretation even until 1830, when the German zoologist Johann Georg Wagler suggested that Pterodactylus used its wings as flippers.

Situated near the Jodrell laboratory, the Aquatic Garden, which celebrated its centenary in 2009, provides conditions for aquatic and marginal plants.

The Sacramento River and its drainage basin were originally abundant in multiple avian and aquatic species, but modern-day development has thinned populations of many species, especially riverine.

Unlike other reptiles, a crocodile has a cerebral cortex, a four-chambered heart, and the functional equivalent of a diaphragm, by incorporating muscles used for aquatic locomotion into respiration ( e. g. m. diaphragmaticus ); Its external morphology, on the other hand, is a sign of its aquatic and predatory lifestyle.

With a depth, at its deepest point, of no more than four meters, it is the southernmost stopover of birds migrating from the Balkans to Africa, giving shelter to no fewer than two hundred and twenty-five bird species, among them heron, cormorant, the lesser kestrel, Audouin's, gull, flamingo, osprey, the imperial eagle, and other aquatic species.

This method of treading of water is the preferred method used by lifeguards and other aquatic rescue professionals because of its efficiency and simplicity.

Despite its presence in deer, proponents of the aquatic ape hypothesis claim that the similarity between the descended larynx in humans and aquatic mammals supports their theory.

Mycelium is vital in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems for its role in the decomposition of plant material.

This form of aquatic locomotion, along with its streamlined body, effectively reduces drag underwater.

The AAH has been criticized for containing multiple inconsistencies and lacking evidence from the fossil record to support its claims ( Morgan, for instance, failed to discuss any fossils found after 1960 and much of her analysis is by comparing soft tissues between humans and aquatic species ).

It is an uninhabited region and is of high ecological value: most of its animal species, mainly fish and aquatic birds, are not found in any other place in the world.

Many tropical fish have been released, but blue tilapias ( Oreochromis aureus ) cause damage to shallow waterways by creating large nests and consuming aquatic plants that protect native young fish.

The Sun God is associated with an aquatic eastern paradise, where he can assume the shape of a chimerical water bird, or be shown as a young man, paddling a canoe.

For the first few days after hatching, young Red-throated Loons are fed aquatic insects and small crustaceans by both parents.

The young are fed by they parents with small fish and other aquatic animals ( Kiss & Rekasi, 2002 ).

The food of M. squamatus consists of aquatic arthropods and small or young fish.

Many splash pads are designed to appeal to young children, but a more recent trend has been to design similar spaces that include more sophisticated aquatic play features that appeal to adults as well.

It provides good habitat for many aquatic invertebrates and cover for young fish and amphibians.

While vigorous algae eaters when they are young and small, as they grow, they begin to phase out algae in favor of aquatic plants and other larger foods, and cannot thrive on a diet of only algae.

The same study also showed that young, small crappie tend to feed on small aquatic invertebrate animals and changed to a fish-filled diet as they matured to adulthood.

The primary diet of young warmouth is on microcrustaceans and on aquatic insect lava.

Being a marsupial and at the same time an aquatic animal, the water opossum has evolved a way to protect its young while swimming.

Because oxygen concentration in the water increases at both low temperatures and high flow rates, aquatic amphibians in these situations can rely primarily on cutaneous respiration, as in the Titicaca water frog and the hellbender salamander.

The Centro Internacional de Convivencia Infantial or CICI is a sea life and aquatic park located on Costera Aleman.

It can have harmful effects on plants, aquatic animals, and infrastructure.

Acid rain has been shown to have adverse impacts on forests, freshwaters and soils, killing insect and aquatic life-forms as well as causing damage to buildings and having impacts on human health.

B. thuringiensis also occurs naturally in the gut of caterpillars of various types of moths and butterflies, as well on leaf surfaces, aquatic environments, animal feces, insect rich environments, flour mills and grain storage facilities.

Capybaras are herbivores, grazing mainly on grasses and aquatic plants, as well as fruit and tree bark.

When the current bridge was planned in the 1970s, Caltrans conducted extensive environmental research on the aquatic and terrestrial environment.

The effect of increased sediments loads on aquatic ecosystems can be catastrophic.

Hydrofoils can be artificial, such as the rudder or keel on a boat, the diving planes on a submarine, a surfboard fin, or occur naturally, as with fish fins, the flippers of aquatic mammals, the wings of swimming seabirds, or other creatures like the sand dollar.

Hydras mainly feed on small aquatic invertebrates such as Daphnia and Cyclops.

:* Daphnia spp., small planktonic crustaceans, highly sensitive to pollution, used for evaluating environmental toxicity of chemicals on aquatic invertebrates.

:* Tubifex tubifex, an oligochaeta used for evaluating environmental toxicity of chemicals on aquatic and terrestrial worms.

Introduced fish species such as Carp, Gambusia, weather loach, redfin perch and brown trout and rainbow trout have also had serious negative effects on native fish, while Carp have contributed to environmental degradation of the Murray River and tributaries by destroying aquatic plants and permanently raising turbidity.

Rhizobia are Gram-negative with the ability to establish a N < sub > 2 </ sub >- fixing symbiosis on legume roots and on the stems of some aquatic legumes.

Pharmaceuticals consumed by humans often end up in the waterways and can have detrimental effects on aquatic life if they bioaccumulate and if they are not biodegradable.

Before 1850, most of the freshwater on the islands was held in beaver ( Castor canadensis ) ponds, although the aquatic mammal was extirpated by Hudson's Bay Company fur stations at Fort Langley and San Juan Island.