Why are reptiles vertebrates?

Answer 1

It has a backbone, and an advanced skeletal structure (have you eaten chicken lately?) Therefore the Avis (not the car rental agency) are classed as Chordata. No strings attached (pun intended: they have a spinal cord).

Answer 2

An alligator is a vertebrate because it has a spine. Alligators have a spine and bones, and so therefore are a vertebrate.

Some animals that are in-vertebrate are snails and jellyfish, because they do not have a spine or any bones.

Answer 3

Lizards are vertebrates because they have a backbone. All animals that have a backbone are vertebrates.

Answer 4

yes. lizards are amphibians and amphibians have a backbone which means that they are vertibrates

Answer 5

Reptiles are classified as vertebrates as they have a notochord and nerve chord running down th back supported by vertebrae.

Answer 6

The definition of vertebrate is "having backbone or spinal column." A snake has a backbone which makes it a vertebrate.

Answer 7

A lizard has a backbone and is therefore a vertebrate.

Answer 8

Lizards are vertebrates because they have backbones.

Answer 9

Though the frog is an amphibian, it is also a vertebrate as it has a spine (back-bone).

Answer 10

because it has a backbone.