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Adaptations of Amniotes: Surviving on Land

Learn how reptiles, birds, and mammals have evolved unique characteristics to thrive on land as amniotes, with features like amniotic eggs, placenta, and varied circulatory systems. Discover the diverse ways amniotes manage body heat and reproduction!

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Adaptations of Amniotes: Surviving on Land

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  1. KEY CONCEPT Reptiles, birds, and mammals are adapted for life on land.

  2. Amnion Protectsand surroundsthe embryo Amniotes can retain moisture. • An amniote develops inside a thin, tough, membranous sac as an embryo or fetus.

  3. Several characteristics help amniotes prevent water loss. • keratin forms a hydrophobic layer • larger size of kidneys and intestines increases water absorption

  4. Amniotes do not need to return to water to reproduce. • The amniotic egg is an almost completely waterproof container. • prevents embryo from drying out as it develops • each egg represents a large investment of energy

  5. Not all amniotes lay eggs. • reptiles such as garter snakes retain their eggs • most mammals develop inside the mother’s reproductive tract

  6. placenta umbilical cord uterus amniotic sac • The placenta is a membranous organ that develops in female mammals during pregnancy. • lines the uterine wall and partially envelops the fetus • carries nutrients from mother to embryo and removes wastes

  7. AllantoisHolds waste materialsas the embryo grows Embryo AmnionProtects andsurrounds theembryo Yolk sac Contains the nutrient supply for the growing embryo Chorion Allows gas exchange with outside environment • The amniotic egg allowed vertebrates to reproduce on land.

  8. Anatomy and circulation differ among amniotes. • The first animals walked in a sprawl. • Other amniotes, including dinosaurs, evolved a more upright stance.

  9. All amniotes have two circuits of blood vessels. • pulmonary circuit moves blood from the heart to the lungs • systemic circuit moves blood from the heart to the rest of the body

  10. THREE-CHAMBERED HEART FOUR-CHAMBERED HEART • Amniotes have a three- or four-chambered heart. • reptiles hearts have three chambers • birds and mammals hearts have four chambers

  11. Amniotes can be ectothermic or endothermic. • Amniotes manage body heat in different ways. • Ectotherms have body temperatures determined by the surrounding environment. • Endotherms use metabolic heat to keep tissues warm. • Endotherms can live in a wider range of climates than ectotherms.

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