PPT-Reptiles

Snakes amp Lizards Reptile Facts There are 6800 reptile species on earth The major groups are alligators and crocodiles turtles lizards and snakes All reptiles are coldblooded which is why they warm themselves in the sun and have bodies covered in dry horny scales. What is a Reptile?. Reptiles have a well-developed skull, a backbone and tail, four limbs.. Snakes will be limbless and turtles have hard shells that are fused with their vertebrae.. All reptiles have dry, scaly skin, lungs, and eggs on land.. Jessica Brown. Miila. Hall. Cold-blooded. Tetrapods. , four appendages. Considered as the first animals on land with the ability to live and multiply on land (amniotic egg). Amniotic egg- . a shelled, water-like sac that enables reptiles to complete their life cycles on dry land.. Vocabulary. Scaly. : . covered in scales.. Extinct. : . (of a species, family, or other larger group) having no living members.. Flee. : . Run away from a place or situation of danger.. Elongated. : . Phylum: . Chordata. . Subphylum:Vertebrata. Order. Testudines. Rhynchocephailia. Squamata. Crocodilia. Common . example. Turtles and tortoises. Tuataras-found only in New Zealand. Lizards, snakes, and worm lizards. Reptiles. First to move to land. Then some came back to water . 4 orders:. Snakes & Lizards. Crocodiles, etc. Tuataras. Turtles and tortoises . Reptiles. Adapated to life on land:. Lungs. Skin--hard, prevents dessication, some have slimy coating. 2. Amniotic eggs have . membranes that protect the embryo from . desiccation, cushion the embryo, help with gas exchange, and store waste material.. 3. The amniotic eggs of reptiles and birds also have leathery or hard shells that protect the developing embryo, and a yolk that supplies food to them.. Click Here!. Can any of you . name. these three reptiles?. Objective: Today we are going to learn how to describe three basic characteristics of reptiles. . Click to Check out REPTILES!. Menu. Crocodiles. Justify the statement that “the amniotic egg provided solutions that made development apart from external watery environments possible.”. Compare amniote taxonomy before and after the application of cladistic methods.. History of Reptiles. Reptiles arose from amphibians. Earliest fossils 359 . m.y.a. Small, four – legged vertebrates w/small teeth. Pangaea. Drier climate. Mass extinction during Paleozoic era. Diversified to fill niches left by extinct species. Fully adapted for life on land. All Amniotes – produce Amniotic Eggs. Dry, Scaly Skin. Ectothermic . More Efficient Circulatory and Respiratory Systems. Cloaca . Except for snakes, Reptiles have Paired limbs, most ending in 5 clawed toes . Fully adapted for life on land. All Amniotes – produce Amniotic Eggs. Dry, Scaly Skin. Ectothermic . More Efficient Circulatory and Respiratory Systems. Cloaca . Except for snakes, Reptiles have Paired limbs, most ending in 5 clawed toes . Reptiles have a well-developed skull, a backbone and tail, four limbs.. Snakes will be limbless and turtles have hard shells that are fused with their vertebrae.. All reptiles have dry, scaly skin, lungs, and eggs on land.. Fully adapted for life on land. All Amniotes – produce Amniotic Eggs. Dry, Scaly Skin. Ectothermic . More Efficient Circulatory and Respiratory Systems. Cloaca . Except for snakes, Reptiles have Paired limbs, most ending in 5 clawed toes . Chapter 26 Reptiles and Birds Reptiles Skin is smooth and dry, covered in scales Helps prevent the evaporation of water from its body. First vertebrates with adaptations that enabled them to survive on land only.