Reptiles & Amphibians A Documentary Episode 1 Part 1

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Reptiles are animals in the (Linnaean) class Reptilia. They are characterized by breathing air, laying shelled eggs, and having skin covered in scales and/or scutes. Reptiles are classically viewed as having a "cold-blooded" metabolism. They are tetrapods (either having four limbs or being descended from four-limbed ancestors). Modern reptiles inhabit every continent with the exception of Antarctica, and four living orders are currently recognized: Crocodilia (crocodiles, gavials, caimans, and alligators)
Sphenodontia (tuataras from New Zealand)
Squamata (lizards, snakes, and worm lizards)
Testudines (turtles and tortoises)

Amphibians (class Amphibia, from Amphi- meaning "on both sides" and -bios meaning "life"), such as frogs, salamanders, and caecilians, are ectothermic (or cold-blooded) animals that metamorphose from a juvenile water-breathing form, either to an adult air-breathing form, or to a paedomorph that retains some juvenile characteristics. Mudpuppies, for example, retain juvenile gills in adulthood. The three modern orders of amphibians:

Anura (frogs and toads),
Caudata (salamanders and newts)
Gymnophiona (caecilians, limbless amphibians that resemble snakes)

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  • @NeoQuello Like chicken?

  • are iguanas edible?? and if so how do they taste???

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  • good vid!

  • its called life in cold blood

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