Reptiles

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS:-The highly developed nervous system and internal skeletons of vertebrates make them adaptable at all habitats.

-They have a highly developed brain.

-They have an advanced nervous system and a respiratory system with either gills or lungs.

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-They have well-developed sensory organs

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-Humans are also vertebrates

-They have a bilateral symmetry plan -Most vertebrates can move and they can t make their own food

REPTILES

REPTILES:• Breathe air.

• Have scales on their bodies.

• Lay eggs.

REPTILES:• Ectothermic (cold-Blooded)

Their body temperature varies with the environment

REPTILE DEFENSE:

NAILS TEETH SCALES (SOME HAVE VENOM)

LIMBSReptiles usually have four limbs

Some reptiles have no limbs (snakes)

They moveSome of them move very slowly and crawl.

Others can run, jump even

climb.One type of lizard can run on water

EGGS

They have hard, leathery eggs laid on land or they keep eggs in their bodies until they hatch.

Reproduction: Internal fertilization