Class Reptilia
Class Reptilia Scales Amniotic egg One occipital condyle Ectothermic Three chambered heart Alligators have 4 Claws
Fig. 26.3
Amniotic Egg
Fig. 26.4
Fig. 26.5
Ectothermic
Reptile Skulls Anapsid Synapsid Diapsid Euryapsid No opening One opening Diapsid Two openings Euryapsid One small opening
Anapsids Turtles
Diapsids Dinosaurs Snakes Lizards Crocodilians Birds
Dinosaurs Dominate animals in Mesozoic Era
Euryapsid Extinct Ichythyosaurs
Synapsids Pelycosaurs Dimetrodon Mammal like reptile
Order Testudines No teeth in adult Shell Anapsid
Turtle Shell Carapace Plastron
Box Turtle Terrapene Adapted to live on land Feet not webbed High domed shell Safe
Red-Eared Slider Trachemys Red stripe behind eye Live in or near water Ponds Slow moving water Pets Carry Salmonella
Snapping Turtle Chelydra Live in water Lay eggs on land Long tail Muscular limbs
Fig. 26.7
Giant Tortoise Lifespan 150 Years
Leatherback Sea Turtle 6 feet long 1,400 pounds
Order Squamata Kinetic skull Movable joints Lizards Snakes Dinosaurs
Geckos Small lizards Adhesive toe pads
Gecko Toe Pads Fig. 26.12
Wall Lizard Lacerta Color is variable Slender body Small scales
Texas Horned Lizard Spines for protection Eats ants Endangered species
Gila Monster Poisonous lizard Not very aggressive
Green Iguana Ornamental crest Five feet long Tropical rainforest Mexico South America Omnivores
Chameleons Arboreal Africa and Madagascar Catch insects with tongue
Komodo Dragon Attack and eat humans 10 feet long 300 pounds Indonesia
Snakes No legs No external ears Jacobson’s organ Sense smell with aid of tongue Cornea of eye protected with a spectacle transparent membrane Skull bones loose Swallow large prey
Swallow Prey
Snake Venom
Alabama Snakes Poisonous Nonpoisonous
Copperhead Agkistrodon
Cottonmouth or Water Moccasin Agkistrodon
Eastern Diamond Backed Rattlesnake Crotalus
Prairie Rattlesnake Crotalus
Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus
Black Rat Snake
Diamond Backed Watersnake Nerodia
Green Snake
Coral Snake
Order Crocodilia Crocodiles Caimans Alligators Gavials Elongated skull Four chambered heart
Alligator
Caiman Elevated eyes
Gavial
Alligator Caiman Crocodile Gavial
The End Fig. 26.14