登陆：两栖大巴刚刚进行了一次成功的试航，它正缓缓地驶出克莱德河。
Land ahoy: the amphibious bus emerges from the River Clyde after a successful test run.
但是，他说，在这些人自鸣得意之前，要知道，他们不过是回到了鸟类、两栖类和爬行类动物已拥有了亿万年的能力。
But before they pat themselves on the back for their superior evolution, he said, it's important to note that humans are just getting back to where birds, amphibians and reptiles have been for eons.
北美两栖类监测计划是美国最大的青蛙计数系统。
The North American Amphibian Monitoring Program is the country's largest frog-counting system.
在超过两百年的两栖动物研究历史中，这从未被报告过。
In more than 200 years of [amphibian research] this has never been reported.
起初，天气乍凉的时候，这种两栖动物将自己埋在土壤里。
At first this amphibian deals with the cooler days by burying itself in the soil.
五角大楼的F-35隐形战机和美国海军圣安东尼奥级两栖舰都曾遇到过发动机难题。
Just ask the designers of the Pentagon’s F-35 stealth fighter and the U.S. Navy’s San Antonio-class amphibious ships. Both have been nearly sidelined by engine woes.
随着人类足迹的不断扩张，许多两栖物种被推向了边缘地带，比如这次在墨西哥洞穴里发现的穴居八脚火蜥蜴(又名Chiropterotritonmosaueri)。
As the human footprint expands, many amphibians are being pushed back into marginal areas, such as the Mexican cave system where the cave splayfoot salamander (Chiropterotriton mosaueri) turned up.
迄今为止，这种猫鼬已经导致来自波多黎各、西印度群岛和牙买加的十二种爬行动物和两栖动物灭绝。
Themongoose has so far caused the extinction of 12 reptile and amphibianspecies from Puerto Rico, the West Indies and Jamaica.
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。
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.
现在，你已经了解拍摄爬行动物和两栖动物的小技巧，再在下面100幅绝妙的照片中汲取些灵感吧。
Now that you've read through our quick tips on shooting your own amazing reptile and amphibian photos, take in some incredible inspiration with the 100 photos below.
中国拥有丰富的两栖类资源，共321种，其中特有种236种，这些特有种是我国生物资源独特而重要的组成部分。
China possess rich amphibian resources. There are 321 species of amphibian in China, of which 236 species are endemic. These species are an important part of China's biological resources.
这是生态学家安德鲁·布劳斯汀，他告诉我们，科学家们最近对可能造成几百万只蛙类和其他两栖类动物死亡的疾病有了更多了解。
That's ecologist Andrew Blaustein. He told us that scientists have recently learned more about diseases that may be killing millions of frogs and other amphibians.
一些两栖动物通过在地下深处的休眠期内完成加速发育以适应干旱环境。
Some amphibians adapt to arid environments by completing accelerated development with resting stages deep underground.
不过直到现在，研究者才认识到两栖动物的幼仔可能也会在水下发出声音。
Until now though, researchers did not realise that amphibian larva might also produce sounds underwater.
北美两栖动物监测中心是美国最大的青蛙统计机构。
The North American Amphibian Monitoring Program is the country’s largest frog-counting system.
北美两栖动物监测中心是美国最大的青蛙统计机构。
The North American Amphibian Monitoring Program is the country's largest frog-counting system.
蟾蜍和其他两栖动物对环境化学的变化非常敏感，我认为它们应该能够感知到这些气体和带电粒子。
Toads and amphibians are very sensitive to changes in environmentalchemistry and I think these gases and charged particles could have beendetected by the toads.
如某些两栖动物即使在完全成熟并已经度过水中生活的时期后仍然保留有鳃。
For example, certain amphibians retain fishlike gills even when fully mature and past their water-inhabiting period.
自然资源保护论者已经发起一项保护世界上两栖动物免于灭绝的运动。
Conservationists have launched a new initiative aimed at safeguarding the world's amphibians from extinction.
它们古老的两栖特征可能是理解恐龙时代的繁荣及它们最终幸存下来的关键。
Their amphibious talents in the past may be the key to understanding how they flourished in, and ultimately survived, the dinosaur era.
“这些都是非常了不起的发现，而且可能对人类和两栖类物种来说都有重要的意义，”摩尔博士说。
"These are fantastic finds and could have important implications for people as well as for amphibians," said Dr Moore.
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。
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.
世界上有六千种两栖动物，其中多达一半的两栖动物濒临灭绝。
Up to half of the world's 6, 000 amphibian species are thought to be in danger of extinction.
从今年一月起，这艘1.7万吨的两栖船坞运输舰定期轮流停泊在西非海岸上的五个大港，成为一座浮动教室，协助训练西非当地的海军。
Since January the 17,000-tonne amphibious transport ship has been a floating classroom, stopping off at five ports along Africa's western coast to help train local navies.
看来两栖动物受到的威胁最大，IUCN评估的6285个两栖类物种中，有1895个处于濒危状态。
Amphibians seem to be facing the greatest threat, with 1, 895 of 6, 285 assessed species in danger of extinction.
看来两栖动物受到的威胁最大，IUCN评估的6285个两栖类物种中，有1895个处于濒危状态。
Amphibians seem to be facing the greatest threat, with 1, 895 of 6, 285 assessed species in danger of extinction.
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