You are in a tropical forest and find an organism that has bony vertebrae, no legs, lays eggs in moist patches, and uses its skin for gaseous exchange. You have found a(n)

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The organism in question has no legs, lays eggs in moist patches, and uses its skin for gaseous exchange. These characteristics are all indicative of a caecilian, which is a limbless amphibian with a worm-like body. Anurans (choice A) are frogs and toads, which have legs and lay their eggs in water. Salamanders (choice C) are amphibians with legs and tails, and they also lay their eggs in water. Snakes (choice D) and lizards (choice E) are reptiles that have bony vertebrae and lay eggs on land, but they do not use their skin for gaseous exchange.

You Are in a Tropical Forest and Find an Organism