1. RADICAL REPTILES

2. Reptile Characteristics
Ectothermic Vertebrates ~
Cold blooded with a backbone.
Organisms temperature varies with outside
temperature.
Best sense is sight
Have dry scaly skin, no hair or feathers
3 chambered heart (except crocodilians – have 4)
Breathe with lungs
5 Claws on their legs (except snakes and legless
lizards)
Amniotic egg ~ first animals to lay eggs on land

3. Estuarine Crocodile (Saltwater Croc)

4. British Virgin Island Gecko

5. Spiny-Tailed Iguana

6. Anaconda (wrapped around Caiman)

7. Reticulated Python
310 lbs
30 feet long
constrictor

8. Black Mamba, Taipan, Krait
Taipan ~ Australia
Banded Krait ~ one of the most posionous
Black Mamba ~ fastest moving snake

9. Komodo Dragon/Komodo Island

10. Leatherback Turtle
Leatherbacks are endangered and highly studied. Scientists are trying to learn all about them to help save them and restore their populations

11. Gila Monster and Beaded Lizard

12. Horned Lizards