reptiles

     

Reptiles are air-breathing, col-blooded vertebrates that have skin covered in scales as opposed to hair or feathers. They are tetrapods (having or having descended from vertebrates with four limbs) and amniotes, whose embryos are surrounded by an amniotic membrane. Modern reptiles inhabit every continent with the exception of Antarctica, and are represented by four living orders:

Trivia about reptiles

  • The Mesozoic era is known as the Age of these, such as snakes & iguanas today
  • These animals are divided into 4 groups: lizards & snakes; turtles; crocodilians; & the tuatara
  • Seen here, the rare tuatara of New Zealand is the only living member of an entire order of this animal class
  • About 180 million years ago, mammals evolved from this class, named from Latin for "creeping"

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