Amphibians Breathe Through Lungs
When they metamorphose and reach their adult state they start to breathe air out of lungs.
Amphibians breathe through lungs. Amphibians ventilate lungs by positive pressure breathing (buccal pumping), while supplementing oxygen through cutaneous absorption. Amphibians were the first vertebrates to appear on land. Amphibians such as frogs use more than one organ of respiration during their life.
Most amphibians, however, are able to exchange gases with the water or air via their skin. Amphibians typically have webbed toes and skin covered feet. Amphibians are able to breathe through the entire surface of their skin or through gills, depending on which set of respiratory system they were born with.
During their larval stage, amphibians breathe through their gills but later on develop their lungs as they move on to land. Early in life, amphibians have gills for breathing. Their skin has to stay wet in order for them to absorb oxygen so they secrete mucous to keep their skin moist (if they get too dry, they cannot breathe and will die).
When they metamorphose and reach their adult state they start to breathe air out of lungs. With the exception of a few frog species that lay eggs on land, all amphibians begin life as completely aquatic larvae. Some amphibians can hold their breath for hours.
There are three living orders: Amphibians use their lungs to breathe when they are on land. Not all amphibians can breathe underwater.
Animals that breathe with their lungs can come from all over the world and live in many different types of environments, ranging from the highest of mountain tops to the lowest jungles. When their skin is moist, and particularly when they are in water where it is their only form of gas exchange, they breathe through their skin. Most of the animals known as amphibians can live on land or in water.