1. Vertebrate Trading Cards
By Amanda Collins

2. Agnatha Class: Myxini Scientific Name: Eptatretus Cirrhatus
HAGFISH
STATS
Class: Myxini
Scientific Name: Eptatretus Cirrhatus
Common Name: Hagfish
Environment: deep oceanic benthos
Favorite Activity: making slime
Look-a-like: the eel
Goals: to get a stomach

3. Chondricthyes Class: Interceptor Scientific Name: Dasyatis pastinaca
STINGRAY
STATS
Class: Interceptor
Scientific Name: Dasyatis pastinaca
Common Name: Stingray
Environment: coastal tropical marine waters
Favorite color: stingray
Goal: to have warm blood

4. Osteichthyes Class: Osteichthyes Scientific Name: Betta
BETTA FISH
STATS
Class: Osteichthyes
Scientific Name: Betta
Environment: rice paddies of Thailand
Best feature: labyrinth organ
Favorite food: larvae of mosquitoes
Favorite activity: Fighting

5. Amphibia Stats Class: Amphibia
Black-bellied Slender
Salamander
Stats
Class: Amphibia
Scientific Name: Batrachoseps nigriventris
Environment: oak woodland, oak-pine forests, chaparral, grassland and streamside
Favorite season: Winter(when eggs are laid)
Height: 1 – 2 inches
Habitat: under rocks, logs, bark,boards and damp leaf-litter

6. Reptilia Class: Reptilia Scientific Name: Chelonia mydas
GREEN SEA TURTLE
STATS
Class: Reptilia
Scientific Name: Chelonia mydas
Environment: tropical and subtropical seas
Average weight: 440 lbs.
Diet: Vegetarian
Average life span: 80 years

7. Aves Class: Aves Scientific Name: Agapornis roseicollis
Rosy-faced lovebird
Stats
Class: Aves
Scientific Name: Agapornis roseicollis
Environment: southwest Africa
How they got there name: there affection towards their owner or other birds
Least favorite food: strawberries (which contain trace amounts of carcinogenic pesticides)
Favorite color: Rose

8. Mammalia HIPPOPOTAMUS Stats Class: Mammalia
Scientific Name: Hippopotamus amphibius
Environment: rivers and lakes in sub-Saharan Africa
Weight: heavier than the Giraffe despite being shorter
Relatives: their closest living relatives are cetaceans (whales, porpoise, etc.)
Average speed: 30 mph