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Reptiles (lat. Reptilia):
Reptiles are typically pentadactyle, air-breathing
vertebrates. They are ectothermic or cold-blooded animals so they have
no internal mechanism for producing metabolic heat needed to maintain
a constant body temperature independent of the temperature of their surroundings.
The scaly skins cannot respiratory and minimise the water loss. There
body absorbs the water from their own urine so they can colonise arid
regions.
The
reptiles are split into 4 groups:
- Crocodiles
(Order Crocodylidae)
- Turtles
and Tortoises (Order Testudines)
- Lizards
(Order Squamata, Suborder Sauria)
- Snakes
(Order Squamata, Suborder Serpentes
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