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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ectothermic

Animals; Reptiles

An animal that cannot regulate its own body temperature, rather it's regulated by the environment, so they often bask for heat, burrow, and hibernate. A snake is a ectothermic animal.

endotherm

Animals; Reptiles

An animal that maintains its body temperature at a relatively constant level by physiological means regardless of the temperature of the environment (also called warm-blooded)

estivation

Animals; Reptiles

Similar to hibernation, some herptiles will bury themselves and remain dormant when the climate is too dry and/or hot for comfort. It is also spelled aestivation.

femoral pores

Animals; Reptiles

Plugs on the inside thigh of a reptile. Males plugs are generally larger then females plugs. Females plugs are small to non-existant.

1. A small bodily cavity or sac; any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity. pl. follicles. 2. small egg-containing sacks found in the female ovary. In fertile human females, one follicle ...