Reptiles vs Amphibians Quiz

Reptiles have rough, hard, keratinized skin, usually without glands except for certain turtles.

Reptiles have a head, trunk, and tail, with scales and four limbs (usually five-fingered).

Reptiles typically use their five-fingered limbs to move around.

Reptiles are cold-blooded animals, relying on external sources for body heat.

Most reptiles have a three-chambered heart, except crocodiles which have four.

Reptiles excrete uric acid and use their cloaca for urinary excretion.

Reptiles reproduce sexually, are oviparous (lay eggs), and have internal fertilization.

Reptiles produce yolked, shelled eggs.

Reptile offspring don't experience metamorphosis; development is internal.

Reptiles lay large eggs with protective coverings, like leathery shells, made of calcium carbonate (CaCO3).

Reptiles do not have a larval stage, unlike amphibians.

Reptiles have an incomplete four-chambered heart, improving blood and oxygen circulation.

Reptiles have dry skin with protective scales.

Reptiles use internal fertilization for reproduction, a successful land adaptation.

Reptiles are successful land vertebrates with strong muscular limbs and thick, protective skin.

The tympanum membrane helps with sound in reptiles; absent during winter sleep.

Reptiles use lungs to breathe.

A period of inactivity, during which the tympanum membrane is absent, common among reptiles.