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Alligators are reptiles. Because they don't require water to reproduce, they are not amphibians.

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Are American Alligators reptiles?

Of course they are. All alligators are reptiles (not amphibians).


Are alligators amphibians?

No. Though they do spend a lot of time in the water, they are reptiles. Amphibians lay their eggs in the water, and reptiles lay their eggs on land.Alligators are not amphibians. They are reptiles. Amphibians are animals that begin their lives in water and have gills, and spend their adult lives on land and have lungs.No, an alligator is a Reptile. A good way to tell a reptile is reptiles have scales and amphibians do not. Crocodiles, Gharials, and Caimans are also reptiles.Alligator's are reptiles not amphibians. Alligators have scales and bask in the sun to heat up.


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Alligators and crocodiles as well as most lizards and snakes are cold blooded.


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Why are reptiles different from amphibians?

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Are frogs fish or mammals?

No there is a group call F.A.R (fishes,amphibians, and reptiles). Fishes belong in the fish group and amphibians are double life lives in water and land. Reptiles are Alligators.


Are hippopotamus amphibians or reptiles?

Technically, no. They're closely related to alligators, but aren't actually alligators. Gharials (and alligators, and crododiles) are all crocodilians.


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Are anoles amphibians or reptiles?

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No. Birds and reptiles are separate from amphibians.


Were flying reptiles the first amphibians?

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Are dinosaurs more closely related to amphibians than reptiles?

No, dinosaurs are more closely related to reptiles than amphibians. Both dinosaurs and reptiles belong to the group called diapsids, which are characterized by having two openings in the skull behind the eye socket. Amphibians, on the other hand, belong to a different group called tetrapods.