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Are there any amphibians that live in the ocean, or possibly amphibians that get their food and live off of the ocean? Thank you
First off all amphibians were originally marine, but there appear to be no purely marine amphibians that I can find, however there are several frogs and toads that can live in brackish (estuarine) habitats (even as tadpoles). Mostly live in mangrove habitats with higher salinity than freshwater. Bufo marinus is one, Rana cancrivora is
another.
Info on the latter can be found at:
http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/text/2111.htm
The former, of course, is the toad with the common name, Marine Toad:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_UW046
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