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- 12. 16: Reptile Structure and Function - Biology LibreTexts
Reptile Respiration The scales of reptiles prevent them from absorbing oxygen through their skin, as amphibians can Instead, reptiles breathe air only through their lungs However, their lungs are more efficient than the lungs of amphibians, with more surface area for gas exchange This is another important reptile adaptation for life on land
- 15. 6: Vertebrates - Biology LibreTexts
More than 62,000 vertebrate species have been identified The vertebrate species now living represent only a small portion of the vertebrates that have existed The best-known extinct vertebrates are the dinosaurs, a unique group of reptiles, reaching sizes not seen before or since in terrestrial animals
- New beautiful, dragon-like species of lizard discovered in . . .
The new species belongs to the genus Enyalioides, which contains sixteen species More than half of the known Enyalioides species have been described in the last two decades, largely due to the
- Debating Whether Reptiles or Amphibians Should Be House Pets
Collector demand for rare animals means some suppliers seek threatened, new or unclassified species in the wild, People may neglect pet reptiles and amphibians no more than common pets But
- Dinosaurs: Facts about the reptiles that roamed Earth more . . .
The heaviest known dinosaur is thought to be Argentinosaurus, a supermassive titanosaur that lived during the Cretaceous period It may have weighed up to 180,800 pounds (82,000 kilograms) ; An
- Florida Amphibians Reptiles – Discover Herpetology
Check out our Florida Snake ID Guide for detailed information on each species! For both scientific and common names we mostly follow: Crother, B I (ed ) 2008 Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, pp 1–84 SSAR Herpetological Circular 37 Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles in Florida
- New study doubles the estimate of bird species in the world
Think you know birds? Think again The number of avian species in the world soars to 18,000, a new report outlines New research led by the American Museum of Natural History suggests that there
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