EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Reptiles are turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators and crocodiles. Unlike amphibians, reptiles breathe only through their lungs and have dry, scaly skin that prevents them from drying out.

Detailed explanation-2: -Reptiles have dry, scaly skin. The skin of reptiles is roofed with scutes or scales which, alongside various other characteristics, discriminate reptiles from animals of other classes. Reptile scales are frequently brightly colored and differ in shape and size throughout their body.

Detailed explanation-3: -Reptiles are animals with dry skin and scales. They are carnivores. They lay eggs. For example, lizards, crocodiles, snakes, etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -Reptile skin is covered with scutes or scales which, along with many other characteristics, distinguish reptiles from animals of other classes. They are made of alpha and beta-keratin and are formed from the epidermis (contrary to fish, in which the scales are formed from the dermis).

Detailed explanation-5: -Reptiles are cold-blooded vertebrates. (Vertebrates have backbones.) They have dry skin covered with scales or bony plates and usually lay soft-shelled eggs.