Reptiles

Reptiles Notes:
 * 1) Characteristics
 * 2) Body Structure: dry skin, scales (protection & water conservation)
 * 3) Legs fully under body for mobility
 * 4) Jaobsen's Organ- small holes in roof of mouth where tongue is inserted to pick up scents
 * 5) Body Function
 * 6) Lungs for gas exchange
 * 7) Three- chambered heart
 * 8) Ectotherms
 * 9) Reproduction
 * 10) Internal fertilization
 * 11) External development in amniotic egg
 * Several sacs inside a hard shell that nourish the embryo until it hatches
 * Key to reptile success
 * 1) Reptile Taxonomy
 * 2) Kingdom: Animalia
 * 3) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.272in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Phylum: Chordata
 * 4) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.272in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Subphylum: Verbrata
 * 5) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.272in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Class: Reptilia
 * 6) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.272in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Orders: Chelonia, Crocodilia, Squamata
 * 7) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.272in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Chelonia
 * 8) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.272in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Turtles
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Protected by a shell
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Powerful beak and jaws but no teeth
 * 1) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.272in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Sea Turtles have flippers and migrate to lay eggs on land
 * 2) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.272in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Tortoises
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Live completely on land
 * 1) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.272in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Crocodilia
 * 2) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.272in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Have powerful jaws and lay eggs in nests on the ground
 * 3) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.272in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Crocodiles
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">More time spent in the water, slender snout
 * 1) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.272in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Alligators
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">More time spent on land, broad snout
 * 1) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.272in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Squamata
 * 2) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.272in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Lizards
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Monitor lizard and komodo dragon are largest
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Geckos are small, nocturnal; have pads on their feet to walk on walls
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Poisonous lizards include: Gila Monster (Southwest US), Beaded Lizard (Mexico)
 * 1) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.272in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Snakes
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Most numerous of all reptiles
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">No limbs
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Hinged jaws to swallow prey whole
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Constrictors (boas, pythons, anacondas)
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Poisonous (rattlesnakes, cobras, vipers) w/ venom that could destroy blood cells or nervous system
 * 1) <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Parts of an Amniotic Egg
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Yolk: food source for embryo
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Allantois: Rids embryo of waste
 * <span style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.375in; margin-top: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: middle;">Amnion: fluid-filler sac that protects the embryo

Videos Basic Reptile Information- [] (Basic Information on all Reptiles)

Crocodile video- [] (Informative Video on Crocodiles)

[] //The Komodo Dragon//
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