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Reptiles

Reptiles . Snakes Lizards Alligators Crocodiles Turtles. Most reptiles alive today come in the form of…. 1) Lizards 2) Snakes. Characteristics of Lizards and Snakes. Both have skin covered in scales As they grow, they shed their skin and scales.

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Reptiles

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  1. Reptiles • Snakes • Lizards • Alligators • Crocodiles • Turtles

  2. Most reptiles alive today come in the form of…. • 1) Lizards • 2) Snakes

  3. Characteristics of Lizards and Snakes • Both have skin covered in scales • As they grow, they shed their skin and scales

  4. Lizards have several characteristics that make them different from snakes: • Lizards have: • 4 legs • Claws on the toes • Long tails • Ears on the outside (external ears) • Movable eyelids • 2 lungs

  5. Lizards

  6. Snakes are different from lizards in that snakes have: -- No legs • No external ears (no ears on the outside) • No eyelids • 1 lung

  7. How do snakes eat? • All snakes are carnivores • Most feed on mice, but some can feed on larger animals • Snake’s jawbones can spread wide apart • The snake’s skullcan move to let the snake swallow an animal larger than itself

  8. Snakes capture their prey in different ways 1) some snakes have long, curved front teeth for hooking slippery prey 2) rattlesnakes and copperheads have venom glands attached to hollow teeth called fangs (When snakes bite their prey, venom (poison) flows down through the fangs and enters the prey’s body, killing it)

  9. How Lizards eat • 1) some are HERBIVORES that eat leaves • 2) most are CARNIVORES that capture their prey by jumping at it • Large lizards eat frogs and birds • Small lizards eat insects

  10. Movement • Lizards move by walking and running • Snakes slither across the ground • They slither by contracting (or shortening muscles on the right and left sides )

  11. Basilisk Lizard: “The Jesus-Christ Lizard” -can run on water –can splash their feet hard against the water, creating an air pocket that keeps them from sinking

  12. What is an Iguana? • Type of herbivorous lizard that lives in Mexico, Central America, and Polynesian Islands • Can range from 4 to 6 feet • Has excellent vision and can see shapes from long distances

  13. Iguanas: have a dorsal spine and a jowl

  14. Chameleons • Distinctive type of carnivorouslizards that comes in a range of bright colors • Have long tongues that they can rapidly extend from their mouths to eat insects • Can change colors based on their body temperature and emotional status • The warmer or angrier a chameleon is, the brighter its color becomes

  15. Chameleons

  16. Gecko • Lizard • Unique in their vocalizations –use chirping sounds in interactions • Have the greatest number of species of lizards (over 1,500) • Can lose their tail in defense –autotomy-if a predator catches them by the tail, they can still run away and regenerate (or regrow the tail later)

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