what are the 7 main characteristics of reptiles?
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['Reptiles Are Oviparous (Egg Laying) Most reptiles reproduce sexually while others are capable of reproducing asexually. ... ', 'Reptiles Are Cold-Blooded (Ectohtermic) ... ', 'Reptiles Typically Have Four Legs. ... ', 'Reptiles Breathe Through Lungs. ... ', 'Reptiles Are Vertebrates. ... ', 'Reptiles Have Scales or Scutes.']
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['All living things breathe, eat, grow, move, reproduce and have senses.', 'Non living things do not eat, grow, breathe, move and reproduce. They do not have senses.']
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['Physiognomy: ... ', 'Growth-forms and life-forms: ... ', 'Phenology, periodicity or aspection: ... ', 'Stratification: ... ', 'Species abundance and species diversity: ... ', 'Sociability: ... ', 'Vitality: ... ', 'Disseminule type:']
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['Scales or scutes.', 'The ability to lay hard-shelled or leathery-shelled eggs.']
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They are docile, quiet, gentle, and easily tamed, which is why they make great beginner pets. Native to Australia, these calm pet lizards have distinct blue tongues (which is how they got their name), short legs and dull teeth. In the wild, blue-tongued skinks spend all their time on the ground.
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['Four limbs (or descended from ancestors with four limbs)', 'Various adaptations of the skeleton and muscles that enable proper support and movement on land.', 'Adaptations to the cranial bones that allows the head to remain stable while the animal moves.']
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Reptiles are well adapted to life on land, which makes them very different than amphibians. Reptiles have tough waterproof scales covering their skin and have well developed lungs. The first amniotes, which resembled small lizards, evolved 340 million years ago, during the Carboniferous Period.
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['comparatively slim body with long neck.', 'narrow head with small eyes and outer ears.', 'paddle-like paws with webbed toes.', 'short tail (7 to 13 centimetres)', 'five short, non-retractable claws.', 'body covered with hair, with the exception of the lips, the nose and part of the soles of the feet.']
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One of the main characteristics that is used to distinguish one class of animals from another is type of skin covering. Mammals have hair or fur, birds have feathers, reptiles have dry scales, amphibians have soft, moist skin, and fish have wet, slimy scales.
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['Hair and Fur. ... ', 'Mammary Glands. ... ', 'Single-Boned Lower Jaws. ... ', 'One-Time Tooth Replacement. ... ', 'Three Bones in the Middle Ear. ... ', 'Warm-Blooded Metabolisms. ... ', 'Diaphragm. ... ', 'Four-Chambered Hearts.']
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['Fast growth.', 'Rapid reproduction.', 'High dispersal ability.', 'Phenotype plasticity (the ability to alter growth form to suit current conditions)', 'Tolerance of a wide range of environmental conditions (Ecological competence)']
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Figure 29.1A. 1: Defining characteristics of chordates: In chordates, four common features appear at some point during development: a notochord, a dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail.
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Amphibians; bony skeleton; moist, glandular skin; two pairs of limbs; three-chambered heart; (ex.
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['The heart of a shrimp is located in its head. ... ', 'A snail can sleep for three years. ... ', 'The fingerprints of a koala are so indistinguishable from humans that they have on occasion been confused at a crime scene. ... ', 'Slugs have four noses. ... ', "Elephants are the only animal that can't jump. ... ", "A rhinoceros' horn is made of hair."]
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['The presence of hair or fur.', 'Sweat glands.', 'Glands specialized to produce milk, known as mammary glands.', 'Three middle ear bones.', 'A neocortex region in the brain, which specializes in seeing and hearing.', 'Specialized teeth.', 'A four-chambered heart.']
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A. Birds share many characteristics with reptiles such as being vertebrates, having scales on parts of their bodies, and laying amniotic eggs with shells. B. Birds have unique characteristics such as laying eggs with hard shells, and having feathers, wings, and a beak.
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1: Defining characteristics of chordates: In chordates, four common features appear at some point during development: a notochord, a dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail.