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Is an octopus a reptile

Updated: 10/4/2023
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15y ago

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No. Amphibians are animals like toads, frogs, salamanders, mudpuppies, etc., that metamorphose from a juvenile waterbreathing form (e.g. tadpole) to an airbreathing adult form. They're usually four-limbed vertebrates, and superficially similar to reptiles.

Octopuses are invertebrates par excellence, most of them with no vestige of a skeleton, and also with radial symmetry, not bilateral symmetry. They have no spinal cord; each arm has a complex "nerve cord" and is capable of complex semi-autonomous behavior, hence the "nine brains" meme. Octopuses can live outside the water for at least a few minutes, for example to get out of their tank and into your tropical fish tank to eat the fish, but they can't actually live on land.

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12y ago

No, its a mollusk. If it was an amphibian it would be a vertebrae, which its not.

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15y ago

No, an octopus is an invertebrate and not considered a reptile.

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13y ago

No an octopus is not a mammal, it is a cephalopod.

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7y ago

Mermaids don't exist, but No, if they did they would not be considered amphibians.

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Mermaids do exist!

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Is an octopus a reptile?

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