What are amphibians?

Amphibians are creatures which can live both in the water and on land, and some examples of these are newts and salamanders, frogs and toads. In water, the amphibians can both walk and swim, but they tend to move quite slowly on land unless, like frogs, they can jump. Their skin is soft and damp, unlike snakes whose skin is dry and scaly, and they mostly have lungs instead of gills. To a certain extent, though, they can breathe through their skins, and some amphibians do have gills. Amphibians lays eggs – everyone has seen frog spawn, a blob of transparent, jelly-like balls with a black speck in the middle of each ball which will later become the tadpole. Toad spawn is in long strings like necklaces.