Re: NANFA-- Land fish

R. W. Wolff (choupiqu_at_wctc.net)
Sun, 10 Mar 2002 13:21:39 -0600

I think there was mention on a web page that a mamoratus actually fed
on flake food placed in a dish on land in a terrarium set up.

>enhanced by a relatively large number of blood vessels very near to the
skin
>which may have aided in oxygen absorption. Are there blood vessel rich
>amphibians who do this vis-a-vis the water?

I am pretty sure that lungless salamanders breathe with this method.
Ray
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