What kinds of reptiles were first on the world and for how long?
The dinosaurs were the first Reptiles and they lived from 300 million years ago until 65 million years ago
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What is the Difference between an egg from a Reptile and the egg from a Amphibian?
A Reptile egg is Amniotic and a amphibian egg is not
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What are the differences between an american Alligator and an american Crocodile?
American Crocodile: narrow head, pointed snout
American Alligator: broad head, rounded snout
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How do Reptiles on land and in the waters breath?
They have lungs
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What is the difference between an Tuataras ans a Lizard?
Lizards have visible ear openings on the outside their body and Tuataras do not
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Tell me what dinosaur looks alike to the thorny devil (Lizard)?
The Acanthopholis
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Where do Reptiles lay the eggs?
In soil or sand or inside of the female in which happens live birth
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What is the difference between a Turtle and an Tortoise?
Tortoise: Live on land
Turtles: live mostly in the water
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What is special about their skin?
They have thick skin which has watertight layers so that the cells do not lose water?
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How long do tuataras get?
about 60 cm
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How many species of Reptiles are known today?
8,000 species
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How do Reptiles Reproduce?
Internal Fertilization
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What makes the Turtles and Tortoises unique and why?
Shell, because the shell makes them slow and inflexible also it protects them, when they draw their head and their limbs inside the shell
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What is special about Reptiles temperature?
They are ectotherms, if it is warm in their surrounding they are more active and when it is cool they slow down
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Name one unique characteristic from a Tuataras?
When it is day time they absorb sunlight and at night they they search for food and when the temperarture is low they are active
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What are the four groups of living reptiles?
Turtles and tortoises, Crocodiles and Alligators, Lizards and Snakes, and Tuataras
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What does the shell do from a Amniotic egg?
protects the egg from damages, keeps the egg from drying out, the shell has very small pores where oxygen can come in and where carbon dioxide can come out
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How many different Snakes are there?
about 2,700
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How many legs do Reptiles have?
4 or no legs
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How long can Tuataras live?
Up to 60 years
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How long and when were the prehistoric crocodiles?
More then 22 feet and 150 million years ago
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What are the parts inside a amniotic egg?
yolk, allantois, amniotic sac, albumen, shell
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How many poisonous snakes are in the world?
about 375 of the number of how many snakes are there in the world.