REPTILESBy: Kelly Lessard and Danielle White

February 16, 2011

AP Biology

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

Cold-blooded Females are fertilized internally Scales or shell for protection Bilateral Symmetry

SPEHENODITA (TAUTARAS)

•Tuataras of New Zealand

ANATOMICAL FEATURES

Upper jaw has two rows of teeth Attached jaw

SQUAMATA (SNAKES & LIZARDS)

•Wagler’s Pit Viper•Australian Thorny Devil Lizard

ANATOMICAL FEATURES

16mm-3m long

ANATOMICAL FEATURES

TESTUDINES (TORTOISE & TURTLES)

•Eastern Box Turtle •Spurred Tortoise

ANATOMICAL FEATURES

CROCODILIAN (CROCODILES & ALLIGATORS)

•American Alligator •Nile Crocodile

ANATOMICAL FEATURES

LIFE CYCLE

TURTLE POPULATIONS AFFECTED BY CLIMATE, HABITAT LOSS AND OVEREXPLOITATION

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