● `color{Brown}"Members"`: The class name refers to the members with their `color{Violet}"creeping or crawling"` mode of locomotion
(Latin, repere or reptum, to creep or crawl).
● `color{Brown}"Habitat"`: They are mostly terrestrial animals
● Reptiles are `color{Violet}"poikilotherms"`.
● Snakes and lizards `color{Violet}"shed"` their scales as `color{Violet}"skin cast"`.
● `color{Brown}"Examples"`: Chelone (Turtle), Testudo (Tortoise), Chameleon (Tree lizard), Calotes (Garden lizard), Crocodilus (Crocodile), Alligator (Alligator). Hemidactylus (Wall lizard), Poisonous snakes – Naja (Cobra), Bangarus (Krait), Vipera (Viper).
● `color{Brown}"Morphology"`:
`star` Their body is covered by `color{Violet}"dry and cornified"` skin, epidermal `color{Violet}"scales or scutes"` .
`star` Limbs, when present, are two pairs.
`star` They `color{Violet}"do not"` have `color{Violet}"external ear openings"`.
`star` `color{Violet}"Tympanum"` represents ear.
● `color{Brown}"Anatomy"`:
`star` Heart is usually `color{Violet}"three-chambered"`, but `color{Violet}"four-chambered"` in crocodiles.
● `color{Brown}"Members"`: The class name refers to the members with their `color{Violet}"creeping or crawling"` mode of locomotion
(Latin, repere or reptum, to creep or crawl).
● `color{Brown}"Habitat"`: They are mostly terrestrial animals
● Reptiles are `color{Violet}"poikilotherms"`.
● Snakes and lizards `color{Violet}"shed"` their scales as `color{Violet}"skin cast"`.
● `color{Brown}"Examples"`: Chelone (Turtle), Testudo (Tortoise), Chameleon (Tree lizard), Calotes (Garden lizard), Crocodilus (Crocodile), Alligator (Alligator). Hemidactylus (Wall lizard), Poisonous snakes – Naja (Cobra), Bangarus (Krait), Vipera (Viper).
● `color{Brown}"Morphology"`:
`star` Their body is covered by `color{Violet}"dry and cornified"` skin, epidermal `color{Violet}"scales or scutes"` .
`star` Limbs, when present, are two pairs.
`star` They `color{Violet}"do not"` have `color{Violet}"external ear openings"`.
`star` `color{Violet}"Tympanum"` represents ear.
● `color{Brown}"Anatomy"`:
`star` Heart is usually `color{Violet}"three-chambered"`, but `color{Violet}"four-chambered"` in crocodiles.