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What are the basic characteristics of reptiles?

Reptiles have scaly skin


What are characteristics of reptiles?

Some characteristics of reptiles are, They have backbones or vertebrae, they are cold blooded, they have thick protective scales and lay eggs. All reptiles breathe air from their lungs. They have 3 heart chambers. Some examples include lizards, snakes, crocodiles and alligators


Are reptials warm blooded?

Most reptiles are cold-blooded, meaning they rely on external sources of heat to regulate their body temperature. However, some exceptions like certain species of snakes and marine reptiles exhibit characteristics of being warm-blooded by generating heat internally.


What are the four main characteristics of reptiles?

A reptile is a vertebrate with a backbone and skeleton. It is cold-blooded so it depends on warm temperatures to keep warm. Some will hibernate in winter. It lays leathery eggs on land and the babies look like small versions of the adults. A reptile has lungs to breathe with. Alligators and turtles are reptiles.


Are all dinosaurs reptiles?

All reptiles are diapsids. Mammals (like you and I) are, in contrast, synapsids. So in that respect all reptiles are alike. However, I would not say they were all alike. Snakes are reptiles but lack limbs. Alligators are also reptiles, as are lizards. Tuatara, gavials, amphisbaenids, and tortoises each represent one of the four main modern orders of reptiles. They share some characteristics--just as you and I do, but I would not say they were all alike.

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What are some reptiles characteristics?

they have scales


What are the basic characteristics of reptiles?

Reptiles have scaly skin


What two characteristics of reptiles?

Cold Blooded, Offspring come from eggs, scales, and in some species webbed feet


Do reptiles and birds share enough common characteristics to be classified in the same clade?

Reptiles and birds share enough common characteristics to be classified in the same clade called Sauropsida, which includes all modern reptiles and birds.


What are characteristics of reptiles?

Some characteristics of reptiles are, They have backbones or vertebrae, they are cold blooded, they have thick protective scales and lay eggs. All reptiles breathe air from their lungs. They have 3 heart chambers. Some examples include lizards, snakes, crocodiles and alligators


Do some alien races have animal characteristics?

Yes. Some alien races have animal characteristics (i.e. mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, arachnids, gastropods, reptomammals, reptavians, crustaceans, avians, mammavians, etc.).


What characteristics are common to both birds and reptiles?

Lay eggs


Are birds and fish reptiles?

No. Birds, fish and reptiles are each a classification of "vertebrates" of their own. They all have quite different characteristics.


Which characteristics of birds make them different from reptiles?

Birds are warm-blooded.


Do some reptiles have gills?

Yes some reptiles do have gills.


Are reptiles vertebrates or invertibrates?

well,some reptiles do some don't but in the record there are more reptiles that have backbones


Are all raptiles the same?

All reptiles have some of the same characteristics, but all are different in their own ways. The characteristics they share is that they are cold blooded. This means that they do not have an internal heating system that raises their body temp, so they must sit in a warm spot to get warm. They also have scales, not skin. All reptiles lay eggs.