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Amphibians & Reptiles
Amphibians
Reptiles
 Type of Animal: cold-blooded&vertebrate
 Type of Animal: cold-blooded&vertebrate
 Lifecycle: undergo metamorphosis (change)
 Lifecycle: look like their parents at birth
 Habitat: damp areas associated with water
 Habitat: land-dwellers
 Body:
 Body:
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Need to keep their skin damp so it
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scaly skin
doesn't dry out
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bodies are covered
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Some breathe through gills
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Some are poisonous
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Some have coloration for protectioncamouflage or bright colors
with horned scales or plates
 Mate: lay eggs or give birth to their young
on land
 The main groups of reptiles are:
 Mate: lay their eggs in water
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 Prey for many other animals- birds,
mammals, reptiles, fishes, and even other
amphibians
 The main groups of amphibians are:
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Frogs andToads
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NewtsandSalamanders
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Caecilian (worms)
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Fun Facts:
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Hundreds of millions of years ago, amphibians
Antarctica.
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became the first vertebrates to live on land.
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Frogs can breathe not only with their lungs,
only rattlesnakes, copperheads,
cottonmouths, and coral snakes are
thin and contains many mucous glands that
poisonous. More Americans die each year
keep it moist. Oxygen can be absorbed
from bee and wasp stings than from snake
through this thin, damp skin.
More than 75 percent of all toad and frog
Only a few hundred of the world's 3,000
snakes are venomous. In the United States,
but also through their skin. A frog's skin is
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There are 8,240 species of reptiles in the
world, inhabiting every continent except
Fun Facts:
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Alligators and Crocodiles
Lizards
Turtles and
Tortoises
Snakes
bites.
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species in the world live in tropical
Some turtles and tortoises, including the
Eastern box turtle, can live for more than a
rainforests.
century.
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Terms:
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Cold blooded: they depend on external
sources, such as the sun, to maintain their
body temperatures
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Vertebrates: animals that have a backbone
or spinal cord