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What are the five characteristics which set reptiles apart from other vertebrates?
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• They are covered with tough, dry scales.
• They're ectothermic [they control their body temperature through external means]
• Breathe with lungs throughout their lives.
• Have a three-chambered heart with a ventricle that is partially divided.
• They produce amniotic eggs covered with a leathery shell, most oviparous, some ovoviviparous.
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Is a lizard a vertebrates or a invertebrates?
Lizards and all other reptiles are vertebrates because they do have a spinal column or backbone.vertebrate
Is a lizard an invertebrates or vertebrates?
Lizards and all other reptiles are vertebrates because they do have a spinal column or backbone.vertebrate
How are reptiles different from other vertebrates?
Reptiles have scales. They are cold-blooded and reproduce by laying eggs.
Which came first invertebrates or vertebrates?
Vertebrates came first... all of those other creatures are vertebrates.. prior to the evolution of the spine (vertebrae) there were no fish, reptiles, mammals birds... nothing like them..
What vertebrate does the chicken belong to?
Chickens come from the bird class of vertebrates. Vertebrates are animals that have a backbone. They are part of the phylum chordata. The other four classes of vertebrates are mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.
How are vertebrates different from each other?
Vertebrates are just that vertebrates, that ALL have a backbone, fish, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, marsupials, primates, rodents... etc.
Is a cobra an invertebrate?
No, cobras and other snakes are reptiles, reptiles have backbones and internal skeletons along with central nervous systems which puts them in the classification of vertebrates.
What are the sub groupes of vertebrates?
Birds and fish athropods reptiles and mammals other wise known as BFARM
Are reptiles arthropods?
No. All arthopods belong to the phylum Arthropoda, while all reptiles (along with other vertebrates) belong to the phylum Chordata
Do Marsupials share characteristics with other animals from other groups?
Marsupials are mammals, so share all features with other mammals. As well, they are vertebrates, so share the characteristic of having a backbone with birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. Like birds and reptiles, mammals breathe via lungs (rather than gills), and like birds, they are warm-blooded.
Are eagles vertebrates?
Yes, all birds are vertibrates. A vertibrate is any animal with a backbone, so all higher animals (birds, mammals, reptiles, etc) are vertibrates. examples of non-vertibrates are jellyfish and earthworms.
How are mammals like the birds but unlike the other vertebrates?
Bird and mammals are the only two groups of vertebrates which are warm blooded. Amphibians, reptiles and fish, the other vertebrate groups, are all cold-blooded.
