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  2. Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni - Wikipedia

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    Two functions were thought to be the reason for this discovery, although neither have been confirmed. One hypothesis is that the skin provides thermoregulative properties. Frogs keep their bodies warm because skin absorption causes protons of these wavelengths (near-infrared wavelengths) to lose energy as heat.

  3. List of Anuran families - Wikipedia

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    Anura is an order of animals in the class Amphibia that includes frogs and toads. More than 5,000 species are described in the order. More than 5,000 species are described in the order. The living anurans are typically divided into three suborders: Archaeobatrachia , Mesobatrachia , and Neobatrachia .

  4. Ureter - Wikipedia

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    It is classically described that there are three sites in the ureter where a kidney stone will commonly become stuck: where the ureter meets the renal pelvis; where the iliac blood vessels cross the ureters; and where the ureters enter the urinary bladder, [9] however a retrospective case study, which is a primary source, of where stones lodged ...

  5. Excretory system - Wikipedia

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    The dual function of excretory systems is the elimination of the waste products of metabolism and to drain the body of used up and broken down components in a liquid and gaseous state. In humans and other amniotes ( mammals , birds and reptiles ), most of these substances leave the body as urine and to some degree exhalation, mammals also expel ...

  6. Urinary system - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 2025. This article is about the human urinary system. For urinary systems of other vertebrates, see Urinary systems of birds, urinary systems of reptiles, and urinary systems of amphibians. Anatomical system consisting of the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, and the urethra Urinary system 1 ...

  7. Hyla - Wikipedia

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    Hyla is a genus of frogs in the tree frog family Hylidae. As traditionally defined, it was a wastebasket genus with more than 300 species found in Europe, Asia, Africa, and across the Americas. After a major revision of the family, most of these have been moved to other genera so that Hyla now only contains 17 extant (living) species from ...

  8. Amietia - Wikipedia

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    Amietia angolensis (Bocage, 1866), Angola river frog, common river frog; Amietia chapini (Noble, 1924) Amietia delalandii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) Amietia desaegeri (Laurent, 1972) Amietia fuscigula (A.M.C. Duméril and Bibron, 1841), Cape river frog; Amietia hymenopus (Boulenger, 1920) Amietia inyangae (Poynton, 1966), Inyangani river frog

  9. Metamerism (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Earthworms are a classic example of biological homonymous metamery – the property of repeating body segments with distinct regions. In biology, metamerism is the phenomenon of having a linear series of body segments fundamentally similar in structure, though not all such structures are entirely alike in any single life form because some of them perform special functions. [1]