Vertebrate

Reptile
Aves
Amphibian
 Amphibian
The name derived from the Greek amphibious meaning
“living a double life,”

 Anura (frogs & toads)

 Urodela (salamanders)
 Apoda (Legless salamanders) } Caudata
 Gymnophiona (caecilian)
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 World-wide
 Wide variety of habitats
 Except Antarctica
 Reptile
In Latin repere or reptum means to creep or crawl,
hence, the class name refers to locomotion that is
of creeping or crawling mode.

 Turtles
 Crocodilians
 Snakes
 Amphisbaenians ( ‘worm lizards’)
 Lizards
 Tuatara
 their extinct relatives
 Reptile
 World-wide
 Wide variety of habitats
 Except Antarctica
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 First
animals that are completely
independent of water
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 Internal fertilization,
 Usually lethery shell covering amniotic egg that
protecta from drying out
 Only boas and pythons give birth to live young.
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Cold-blooded/ poikilothermic
Their body temperature
varies with that of the
environment
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 Thick,
tough, dry skin with scales to
prevent drying out
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o Limbs
rotated underneath the body to ‘lift up’
oTwo pairs of limbs or legless

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 Claws at the end of each toe
 Good grip to the ground
 Good runners
 Except snakes
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 Breathe through lungs that have extensive
folding
 It increases SA:Vol ratio
 Normally have 2 lungs but snakes have
only one lung
 Some reptiles can also absorb oxygen in
water
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 Nervous system is very similar to
amphibian
 Very small brain in relation to their body
 Complex behaviors
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 Turtles & Tortoise
 Hard, protective shell, they can hide their
heards inside when they are threatened
(cryptodira) or wrap their heads around the
side of the shell (pleurodira)
 Shell is made up of 60 bones which have
fused together (plaston- carapace)
 No parental care
 Males are smaller than females but males
have longer claws
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 Crocodilians
 Alligators, Crocodilles,
Caymen and Gharials
 Can regulate their body
temperature through
controlling their blood
flow
 Parents care
 4 heart chambers
instead of 3
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 Snakes
 They shed their skin several times a year as
they grow
 Very strong body
 No limbs
 No external ear openings or eyelids
 Sensory organs for infrared radiation and
heat
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 Amphisbaenians
 They are characterized by their long
bodies, the reduction or loss of the limbs,
and rudimentary eyes
 Scales arranged in rings
 Superficial resemblance to earthworms
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 Lizard
 Some species can drop their tails to escape
predators
 Shed their skin when they outgrow it
 Komodo Dragon is the largest lizard in the
world
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 Tuatara
 New Zeland
 Lizard-like appearance
 Live about100 years
 Adults live in underground
 Has a third eye on the top of it’s head