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Class Reptilia - Characteristic Features MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

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Which of the following characteristic features always holds true for the corresponding group of animals?

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Class Reptilia - Characteristics Features
  • This class includes animals with creeping or crawling mode of locomotion
  • Hence they are called creeping chordates.
  • They are usually terrestrial.
  • They possess dry, scaly and cornified skin. They are adapted to live in deserts.
  • They do not have an external ear. Tympanum is responsible for hearing sensation.
  • They have a three-chambered heart with a partial septum in the ventricle. Crocodiles have a four chambered heart.
  • They have a monocondylic skull.
  • They are cold blooded.
  • Fertilization occurs internally. 
  • They are oviparous and development is direct. 
  • Their eggs contain a large yolk with an extra membrane called amnion. Amnion provides water to the developing embryo.
  • Examples: Chelone (Turtle), Testudo (Tortoise), Chameleon (Tree lizard), Calotes (Garden lizard), Crocodilus (Crocodile), Alligator (Alligator). Hemidactylus (Wall lizard), Poisonous snakes – Naja (Cobra), Bangarus (Krait), Vipera (Viper).

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