Jasyre Porter Briana Varela Andre Wynter Biology Project 11-21-2008 Jasyre Porter Briana Varela Andre Wynter

The genus Gekko Gekko Grossmanni Brown gekko Gekko gekko The characteristics that make these Gekko’s share in this unified group is that rainforest, trees, and cliffs. They are nocturnal, hiding during the day and foraging for insects at night. geckos have a keen sense of hearing

Classes Day gecko Blotched blue tongued skink Sarasin Gecko Largest recent order of reptiles. They are distinguished by their skins horny bear shields. They posses of movable quadrate bones, possible to move upper jaw relative to the braincase. American alligator Order: Crocodilia Sphenodon Order: Sphenodontia These two animals come from two other orders where these species are different from alligator category and iguana like animal….Crocodila and Sphenodon order.

Different Families of Reptiles Tuatara is a endemic to new Zealand (state of being unique to a place). Nile crocodile…..crocodiles are large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the America and Australia. They tend to congregate in freshwater habitats like rivers, lakes, etc Florida Redbelly Turtle where animals such as turtles, tortoises, and Terrapins These species such as snakes or lizards stay under the class of Squamata. snakes are Ectohermic and are quasi-cylindrical reptiles without limbs.

The family of Geckonidae Their digits are free, or more or less webbed, and dilated. The more likely found in tropical rainforests and most time will attack if bothered to much Males have a longer tail base, with fleshy knobs at the base of the tail. Pores appear on the legs. Females have none of these. The scientific name of the genus is gekko Two other genus Gekko ulikovskii hemidactylus hemidactylus

Phylum: Chordata Kingdom: Animalia These animals are in the Kingdom of Animalia because these animals are not in the Kingdom of Plants. The reason is because animals they have skin, breath Oxygen, have backbones, blood, heart, veins, bones, skeletors. Another explanation is because animals do not have photosynthesis and plants have that ability to feed them self’s off of the sunlight which we as animals and humans are not able to do. Phylum: Chordata Kingdom: Animalia

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