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Originally Posted by Gill Catton  I have found toads and newts within a patch of soil with seemingly no way in or out........ most peculiar! |
Yup, that's where mine were.
If I remember correctly, because of their moist skin, and special adaptations, when they are hibernating over winter their metabolic rate slows enough for them to get enough oxygen for "breathing" (or possibly respiration
!) though their skin - basically absorbing oxygen from not only the small air pockets that surround them, but also from dissolved oxygen in water.
