Why does the speaker choose that amphibian as her representative of a public creature?
为什么那位演讲者要选择这种两栖动物作为公众生物的代表呢？
Some 25 percent of all known amphibian species were discovered only over the last ten years, a period when their Numbers worldwide have been in desperate decline.
过去十年科学家发现了25%的两栖动物物种，与此同时，两栖动物数量在世界范围内却急剧下降。
The olms studied by Voituron’s team are part of a population established 48 years ago to help conserve the rare amphibian, which is found in caves in Croatia and Slovenia.
48年前为了保护稀有的两栖物种，洞螈作为其中一种被人们保护了起来，当时是在克罗地亚和斯洛文尼亚的山洞里面找到了它们，这些洞螈中的一部分正是Voituron研究小组的研究对象。
Today’s photo collection is a tribute to all things scaly, slimy, or perhaps even both. We have gathered one hundred impeccable examples of reptile and amphibian photography.
今天的图片集是对一个特殊群体的礼赞，这些家伙们全都滑溜溜或黏溚溚，或两者兼而有之——我们收集了整整100幅爬行动物和两栖动物的完美照片。
The zoo's Institute for Conservation Research has experience preserving, and breeding from, amphibian skin cells. It is, however, a tricky business.
动物园的保护中心曾经尝试保存并从两栖动物的皮肤细胞繁育，但这确实是个棘手的工作。
A mission aimed at rediscovering amphibian species thought to be extinct has yielded its first results.
一个旨在重新发现被认为灭绝的两栖物种的代表团收获了其第一个发现。
Scientists believed it was probably a victim of the deadly chytrid fungus that has devastated amphibian populations around the world.
科学家们推测它们应该是当时席卷整个两栖动物世界致命的蛙壶病菌的牺牲品。
Conclusion Onychodactylus fischeri is a relatively primitive type in the amphibian .
结论爪鲵在两栖纲动物中属于较原始的种类。
Unfortunately for the Chinese Giant Salamander, which is the largest amphibian in the world, it is a delicacy in China and the target of illegal hunting.
不幸的是中国大鲵，这种动物世界里最大的两栖类，在中国成为了一种美味被非法捕杀。
Researchers think it's the victim of a pathogenic fungus which has spread across the continent, wiping out entire amphibian populations in the area, and in some cases, whole species.
研究者们认为它们是一种病原体真菌的受害者。这种真菌在澳洲快速传播，完全摧毁了该地区整个两栖动物的数量，在有的地区甚至消灭了整个物种。
The axolotl is an amphibian - one of a group of animals that spend their lives both on land and in water.
美西蝾螈属于两栖类动物，能够在陆地和水中生活。
Gagliardo, who previously worked at the Atlanta Botanical Garden and in amphibian conservation, said opportunities to build a plant collection like Amazon's did not come along often.
加戈利亚多原来在亚特兰大市植物园工作，负责照料两栖动物，他说象亚马逊公司这样建立一个精心挑选的植物馆的机遇可是可遇不可求的。
The cane toad is a large (1.8 kg) amphibian species native to Central and South America.
蔗蜍是一种原产于中南美洲的两栖动物，个头很大，重大1.8公斤。
No one has suggested an amphibian, a bird, or any type of invertebrate.
人们都觉得它不可能属于两栖类、鸟类或者无脊椎类动物。
The Rana chensinensis as a unique amphibian species in China, also has very important value.
中国林蛙作为中国特有的两栖类物种，也具有上述重要价值。
One mammal in4, one bird in8, one amphibian in 3 are threatened with extinction. species are dying out at a rhythm 1,000 times faster than the natural rate.
每四只哺乳动物、八只雀鸟、两只两栖动物就有一只濒临绝种，生物品种的死亡率比正常速度快了一千倍。
Thee cane toad is a large (1.8 kg) amphibian species native to Central and South America.
蔗蜍是一种原产于中南美洲的两栖动物，个头很大，重大1.8公斤。
Thee cane toad is a large (1.8 kg) amphibian species native to Central and South America.
蔗蜍是一种原产于中南美洲的两栖动物，个头很大，重大1.8公斤。
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