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Reptile Class. Snakes. Reptile Class. Reptiles have backbones and breath through their lungs. All reptiles are cold-blooded There are over 1,600 different types of reptiles. Reptiles usually have four legs with horny scales or bony plates. Snake Adaptation.
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Reptile Class Snakes
Reptile Class • Reptiles have backbones and breath through their lungs. • All reptiles are cold-blooded • There are over 1,600 different types of reptiles. • Reptiles usually have four legs with horny scales or bony plates.
Snake Adaptation • Pits help snakes to have outstanding highly sensitive temperatures called infrared heat rays. • Snakes use their long venomous fangs to kill prey. • Snakes use their forked tongues to smell.
Snake Details • Snakes have long, legless bodies covered with scales. • Snakes live in forest, streams, oceans, lakes, and deserts. • Snakes have hollow or grooved fangs in their upper jaws.
Snake Feeding and Diet • Some snakes devour frogs, lizards, fish, birds, rats, rabbits, and other snakes. • They wait and trap their prey by sneaking up on it. • A snake can open their mouth really wide and consume their victim alive without crushing it.
Snake Habitat • Snakes love to live in warm places. • The most place they live is the rain forest. • They like to live under ground, land, and water.
Snake Continent • Snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica
Snakes use there long venomous fangs to kill their prey. Snakes live in water, land, and under ground. A snakes venom can be used as medicine. Snakes can open their mouths as wide as they want to swallow prey. Interesting Facts About Snakes
Bibliography • animaldiversity.edu • http://web.ebscohost.com • http://www.worldbookonline.com