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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?

Cartilaginous endoskeleton

Chondrichthyes

Viviparous

Mammalia

Possess a mouth with an upper and a lower jaw

Chordata

3-chambered heart with one incompletely divided ventricle

Reptilia

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).