Reptiles and Amphibians

REPTILE: are cold-blooded vertebrates (Vertebrates have backbones). They have dry skin covered with scales or bony plates and usually lay soft-shelled eggs.

                - 300 million years old.
                - Ectothermic (Cold-blooded) 
                - Body temperature is determined by their surrounding environment.
                - Air breathing
                - Tough water proof skin designed to retain moisture
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ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE
        - Found primarily in southeastern United States waters, rivers and lakes
         - Typically, only nesting females venture onto open land
         - Opportunistic carnivores
​         - Eat anything dead or alive

PANTHER CHAMELEON
          - Madagascar
            - Lowland deciduous forests, not overly shaded
            - Insectivore
            - Prehensile tongue
            - Anything it can catch
            - Color changing ability
​            - Stereoscopic vision 

AMPHIBIAN: are cold-blooded vertebrates (vertebrates have backbones) that don't have scales. They live part of their lives in water and part on land.

                  - Ectothermic
                  - Cold-blooded
                  - Body temperature is determined by their surrounding environment
                  - Air breathing in their adult life
                  - Start with gills and water animals and metamorphosis land animals with lungs
                  - Smooth slimy skin
                  - Take oxygen in through their skin
​                  - Mucous on some is toxic
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POISON DART FROGS
                   - Costa Rica and some Hawaiian Islands
                      - Tropical Rainforests
                      - Carnivorous
                      - Spiders
                      - Ants
                      - Termites
​                      - Skin is toxic, combination of the insects they eat

PHANTASMAL POISON DART FROG
                       - Ecuador, South America
                       - Tropical rainforests, near streams
                       - Carnivorous
                       - Ants
                       - Beetles
                       - Caterpillars
                       - Spiders
                       - Skin is toxic, combination of the insects they eat

AFRICAN CLAWED FROGS
                       - Native to Southern Africa
                           - Freshwater stagnant grassland ponds
                           - Carnivorous
                           - Living
                           - Dead
                           - Anything they can catch

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