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Frogs breathe through their skin as well as their lungs
Moist skin absorbs oxygen directly from water and air The skin is thin, vascular and kept wet by mucus, which is why amphibians dry out badly. Some species rely on skin breathing almost entirely and have reduced lungs. That makes them sensitive indicators of water quality. It sits in Mondo's animals collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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Frogs breathe through their skin as well as their lungs: the short answers
- Where does this come from, and can I check it?
- Moist skin absorbs oxygen directly from water and air. The figure is taken from Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
- Is this really a animals fact?
- Yes. It sits on the Animals shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
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