Deserts appear to be the least likely habitats in which to find animals with skins that are very permeable to water, yet amphibians, especially anurans, inhabit deserts all over the world. How is this possible?

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Paradoxically it is their permeable skins that allow amphibians to inhabit deserts. Because they can absorb water from soil through their pelvic patch, amphibians can rehydrate from moist soil that they reach by burrowing into the ground or by entering tunnels created by burrowing mammals.

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