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What hard shelled reptile lives in the deserts of the Southwest and lives most of its life underground?
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What hard-shelled reptile lives in the desert underground most of its life?
The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) lives in the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts and spends about 95% of its life in an underground burrow.
If a shelled reptile lives on land it is called?
a turtle
What is a shelled reptile called if it lives on land?
tortoise
Is a Asian giant soft shelled turtle a reptile?
Yes
How do you spell turttle?
The correct spelling is turtle (a shelled reptile).
Which animal is born from a hard shelled egg?
Sounds like a reptile to me.
What types of eggs do reptiles lay?
Reptile eggs are soft-shelled - as opposed to the calcified shell of a birds egg.
What makes a nile crocodile a reptile?
A Nile crocodile is classed as a reptile because they are cold-blooded, they lay hard-shelled eggs, they have scales and they have sex but don't give birth to live young.
What special type of egg do reptiles have?
Reptile eggs are soft-shelled so that the babies can break out of the shells. Bird eggs are hard-shelled, because baby birds use their beaks to crack the shells of their eggs, but since reptiles don't have beaks to use to break their shells, their eggs have to be soft-shelled.
What is the function of the shelled egg?
The primary function - is to contain the developing embryo and its nutritional yolk-sac until the foetus is ready to emerge. That applies whether it's a hard-shelled egg like a bird, or a soft-shell like a reptile.
What is the scientific name or taxonomic classification of the reptile Soft-shelled turtle?
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Pelodiscus sinensis (formerly Trionyx sinensis).
What are 6 words to describe a turtle?
Slow, green, wrinkly, old, reptile, smooth.
