Although most reptiles lay eggs, there are some that don’t, such as rattlesnakes, that give birth to live young.
Reptiles don’t live in ever single continent. They aren’t any in the Antarctica or Antarctic because it’s to cold for them.
Crocodiles have membrane holding there tongue in place inside there mouths, making it impossible for them to poke there sharp teeth.
If you saw a slow worm, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was a snake. It is in fact a LEGLESS LIZARD! One way to tell is that slow worms[and all other lizards] have eyelids, but snakes don’t.
When turtles lay there eggs, it can tell if it is a male or a female. If they lay there eggs on cool sand, it will be a male and if it’s laid on warm sand, it will be a female.
Chameleon’s
In a few types of chameleon colour change to camouflage for there predators, but it is most actually a form of communication.
Reptiles are vertebrates whose body is covered with scales. They have a bony skeleton inside.
Most of the reptiles live on land, especially in warm places and some of them live in water.
Reptiles lay eggs and when the eggs hatch, baby reptiles come out.
Reptiles are a large class of animals which include crocodiles, alligator, snakes, lizards, turtles and tortoises.
Baby turtles
A female turtle lay a number of eggs on some of the beaches. These eggs are deposited in holes dug into mud or sand. they are then covered up by sand.
When the baby turtles hatch, they go to the sea where they live and grow up.
Lizards
Lizards are reptiles that have four legs, ears, sharp claws and long tails.
Most lizards are usually quick moving hunters of insects and other small creatures.
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