Class Reptilia - Characteristic Features MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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EASYWhich of the following characteristics always holds true for the corresponding group of animals?
Which one of the following sets of animals shares a four-chambered heart?
Which of the following has an exoskeleton of scales and a paired copulatory organ or penis?
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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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