They're cold-blooded and can't regulate it themselves
The three Vertebrate groups that have the same temperature as their surroundings are Fish, Reptiles, and Amphibians. That means they are all cold blooded.
it is an animal that's body temperature varies according to the temperature of its surroundings mainly fish and reptiles, it does not apply to birds or mammals as they are able to regulate there body temperature, were as reptiles for example will be the temperature of there surrounding this is why they have to bask in the sun to get warm.
It means body temperature that changes according to the temperature of the surroundings like fish, lizards, turtles, and reptiles.
The three Vertebrate groups that have the same temperature as their surroundings are Fish, Reptiles, and Amphibians. That means they are all cold blooded.
Crocodiles are reptiles.. They do not regulate their own body temperature (as mammals do). Crocodiles absorb heat from their surroundings - or by basking in the sun. A 'typical working' temperature would be around 30 C.
Fish and reptiles both regulate their body temperature behaviorally by going to areas where the temperature fits their biochemical needs, eg. sunning on rocks to raise temperature, etc. Some fish and reptiles also hibernate when temperatures get too cold.
Poikilothermic refers to the creatures who's body temperature rises and falls with the surrounding environment. These creatures would be cold in cold areas and hot in hot ones, changing as they move between them.
The rate of fall of temperature of the body is directly proportional to the temperature difference between the body and its surroundings, the surface area of the body exposed, and the thermal conductivity of the material between the body and its surroundings.
A snakes body temperature is directly related to that of its surroundings.
no they are cold blooded they are the temperature of their surroundings
Birds are warm-blooded/endothermic. Reptiles are not. They are cold-blooded/ectothermic. Reptiles such as snakes and terrapins must bathe in the sun to get their body temperature to an optimal. Birds can control their body temperature internally.
Unless a rattlesnake is basking in the sun, its body temperature will be the same as its surroundings. They are cold-blooded.