Caution By: Zach Spencer Reptile Caution By: Zach Spencer
Lizards Biggest: Komodo Dragon Smallest: Tokay Gecko Poisonous: Gila Monster Safest: Leopard Gecko Fun Facts: Lizards can lose there tail to make a escape or to distract there predator, but the cool thing is they can grow there tail back! Some Skinks and Geckos have eyelids that shed and are invisible!
Snakes Longest: Anaconda Shortest: Leptotyphlops Carlae Poisonous: Black Mamba Safest: Grass Snake Fun Facts: Snakes eggs come out of there mouths! Snakes can survive without eating for about seven days! Snake’s tongue is used to sense its surroundings!
Turtles Biggest: Leatherback Sea Turtle Smallest: Speckled Cape Padloper Tortoise Dangerous: Snapping Turtle Safest: Painted Turtle Fun Facts: If someone would eat a Box Turtle they would get very ill from the poison inside of them! Turtles have been on earth for more than two million years!
Alligators and Crocodiles Biggest: Nile Crocodile Smallest: Dwarf Caiman Dangerous: Nile Crocodile Safest: Saltwater Crocodile Fun Facts: In some places in the world people have Alligator and Crocodile wrestling!
Tuatara First Specie: Sphenodon Punctatus Second Specie: Spenodon Guntheri Fun Facts: There is only two species! Each Tuatara have an eye on there head, but the cool things is that it is not effected to light! They all have two rows of teeth!
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Reptile Quiz 1. Reptiles breathe through __________. skin gills lungs 2. Reptiles skin has __________. feathers scales smooth layers 3. Reptiles eggs are leathery __________. True False 4. Which of these is not a reptiles __________. Snake Lizard Frog 5. A reptile has an inner skeleton __________. True False 6. Reptiles are warm blooded __________. True False 7. Reptiles shed their skins __________. True False 8. Reptiles change in their size and colors __________. True False
Answer Key 1. Lungs 2. Scales 3. True 4. Frog 5. True 6. False 7. True
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