Reptiles

Reptiles

Any of various cold-blooded, usually egg-laying vertebrates of the class Reptilia,that have an external covering of scales or horny plates and breathe by means of lungs.

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dinosaur

Animals; Reptiles

An extinct type of reptile that first appeared about 220 million years ago and died out suddenly about 65 million years ago.

plesiosaur

Animals; Reptiles

A group of extinct sea reptiles that belong to the order sauropterygia, especially those that belong to the suborder plesiosauria. Plesiosaurs are carnivorous aqautic reptile. They existed during ...

A giant 20-foot (6.1-meter) saltwater crocodile caught in the creeks of a remote southern Philippine region following a series of attacks on humans and animals. Weighing over a ton (2,370 pounds or ...

thermoregulate

Animals; Reptiles

To regulate body temperature. Most reptiles cannot produce their own body heat and must rely on external or environmental heat sources. They control their core body temperatures by moving in and out ...

thermoregulation

Animals; Reptiles

Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when temperature surrounding is very different.