REPTILES

WHAT ARE REPTILES?

• A vertebrate whose temperature is determined by the temperature of its environment, that has lungs and scales on its skin. It also lays eggs on land.

FUN FACTS

• Scales are made out keratin of the same material as human nails
• More than 8,000 species
• Live on every continent except Antartica
• 2/3 are nonvenomous
• More die from bee stings rather than snake bites

EXAMPLES

• Snakes
• Turtle
• Lizard
• Chameleon
• Crocodile
• Dinosaour
• Gecko