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Surface area

Breathe through the folds.

Animals grouped here express a similar quality through their behavior in nature. Each species still has its own principle, lesson, meaning, and field-guide page.

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Titicaca Water Frog (Telmatobius culeus) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Titicaca Water Frog

Species principle: Folded-Skin Breathing

Breathe through the folds.

Unusual surfaces can solve what ordinary lungs cannot.

Titicaca Water Frogs have loose folded skin that increases surface area for cutaneous respiration in cold, oxygen-rich high-altitude lake water.

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