NEET Biology question

Recognise the following animal and select the correct statement regarding this animal: a spotted, elongated amphibian with visible limbs and a tail.

(A)This animal is *Salamandra* and skin of these animals have backwardly directed minute placoid scales.
(B)This animal is Chameleon and these animals have dry and cornified skin.
(C)This animal is *Salamandra* and in these animals tympanum represents the ear.Correct
(D)This animal is Chameleon and in these animals fertilisation is internal and oviparous.

Answer: (C)

Solution

The figure shows a salamander (*Salamandra*), an amphibian; class Amphibia is generally characterised by a tympanum/tympanic membrane representing the external ear. This animal is not a chameleon, ruling out (b) and

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