am-phib-i-an n.1. any cold-blooded vertebrate of any class Amphibia, including frogs, salamanders and caecilians usually having an aquatic, gill-breathing tadpole stage and later developing lungs.  amphi-, a prefix occuring originally in loadwords from Greek, meaning "two" or "both", "on both sides" Note: Most of the entries have been taken from the IUCN 2000 Redlist and most of the data provided is courtesy of  "Philippine Amphibians, an Illustrated Field Guide" by Angel C. Alcala and Walter C. Brown, published by Bookmark, "Philippine Red Data Book" by Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines, published by Bookmark

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