Amphibians are animalsbr that live PARTLY in waterbr and PARTLY on land.br Frogs, toads, NEWTS, andbr salamanders are allbr amphibians.br REPTILES have dry, scalybr skin, but AMPHIBIANSbr have soft, moist skin. Mostbr amphibians can breathe throughbr their skin, but only if it staysbr damp. Adult amphibians canbr also BREATHEbr through lungs.br Mostbr amphibiansbr breed in waterbr Unlike reptiles, which laybr .br tough-shelled eggs onbr land, most amphibiansbr lay soft, jellylike eggsbr in water.br Most frogs live near a riverbr or pools of water. But inbr rainforests, it is so humidbr the trees are wet all the time,br allowing some frogs to staybr in them permanently. Theybr are called tree frogs and havebr huge, sticky fingers to helpbr them climb.br Most baby amphibians live entirely in water.br Called tadpoles, they swim like fish andbr breathe through gills. As they grow up, theybr develop legs and crawl onto land, but theybr must always be in wet places.br When a tadpolebr hatches out of an egg,br its first task in life is tobr eat what’s left of its egg,br which is full of nutrients.