Amphibian and semi-aquatic aren’t the same thing. Frogs are amphibians because they start as gilled tadpoles and turn into hoppy lungy frogs. Turtles are not amphibians because they hatch as a turtle, live as a turtle, and die as a turtle. It’s turtles all the way down.
What about the platypus?
Amphibian and semi-aquatic aren’t the same thing. Frogs are amphibians because they start as gilled tadpoles and turn into hoppy lungy frogs. Turtles are not amphibians because they hatch as a turtle, live as a turtle, and die as a turtle. It’s turtles all the way down.
Platypus babies only drink Bundaberg Ginger Beer. Also, they’re not amphibians.
Platypi are mammals
Platypussies is the plural.
Platypotti
Platipy, like echidnas, are monotremes; “primitive”, egg-laying mammals.
Caecilians are amphibians, like frogs and salamanders. Whole different clade.