Reptiles

  • Birds are part of Lepidosauria, which holds all the reptiles. Should birds be considered reptiles?

  • Taxonomy is a joke

Amphibians:

  • Need water for egg development

  • Non-amniotic, gelatinous eggs

  • Cutaneous respiration

  • Metamorphosis 

  • Moist skin for breathing

  • 2 - 3 chambered heart

  • external fertilization

Reptiles:

  • Scales

  • Amniotic eggs

  • Respiration through more developed lungs

  • Partially divided ventricle

  • External ear holes

  • Claws

  • teeth in sockets

  • bodies held off the ground

  • internal fertilization

  • well developed lungs

Both:

  • Ectotherm

  • 3 chambered heart in adults

  • Eggs for reproduction

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