Reptiles

Article 1: An endangered turtle gets highly protected in China. This rare turtle lives in a bulletproof cage and gets guarded at night. Citation: []

 • ** reproduction ** ▫ ** Internal fertilization ** ▫ ** External development in amniotic egg ** ▫ ** Several sacs inside a hard shell that nourish the embryo until it hatches ** ▫ ** Key to reptile success **


 * // *main reason for successful transition to land* //**

 ** Subphylum Vertebrata **  ** Class Reptilia **
 * LIVE ENTIRELY ON LAND **
 * • **** Kingdom Animalia **
 * ▫ **** Phylum Chordata **
 * ▫ **** 4 Orders **

Order Chelonia

• Turtles

▫ Protected by a shell

▫ Powerful beak and jaws, but no teeth

• Sea turtles have flippers and migrate to lay eggs on land

• Tortoises

▫ Live completely on land

Order Crocodilia

** Crocodiles **

• More time spent in the water

• Slender snout


 * Alligators **

• More time spent on land

• Broad snout

Order Squamata

• Lizards

▫ Monitor Lizard & Komodo Dragon are largest

▫ Geckos are small, nocturnal; have pads on their feet to walk on walls

• Poisonous lizards include:

Gila Monster (Southwest US) Beaded Lizard (Mexico)

• Snakes

▫ Most numerous of all reptiles

▫ No limbs

▫ Hinged jaws to swallow prey whole

▫ // Constrictors // (boas, pythons, anacondas)

▫ // Poisonous // (rattlesnakes, cobras, vipers) w/ venom that could destroy blood cells or nervous system

Dinosaurs

• Group of reptiles that went extinct    Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Video   []   "Marine Animal Rescue Team Blog: Video of green and Kemp's ridley sea turtles in rehab!." //Marine Animal Rescue Team Blog//. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Mar. 2011. .  The Kemps Ridley sea turtle is the smallest type of turtle in all of the Gulf of Mexico. They are only 2 feet when they are full grown. They are the world’s most endangered sea turtle. The turtles use to be a problem but now only about 200 nests of eggs are appearing on shore.              