Compare And Contrast Reptiles And Amphibians

A dinosaur has an antorbital fenestra with an open hole hip socket. The definition differs from the term used informally because it helped understand how the dinosaur moved and how they were categorized as species. There are four general characteristics that dinosaurs have as a result of their synapomorphies which are permeated acetabulum, ball-shaped head on proximal femur, the Cnemial crest on the proximial tibia, and an ascending process on astragalus. These four dinosaur synapomorphies are related to vertical limb support.

Reptiles are crucial in the food chain. Not only are their predators but are also prays to others making them very important to the ecosystems. They control pest and acts as pollinators.

Alligators are carnivores, meaning they only eat meat. Favorite foods include snakes, turtles, and fish. They can weigh up to a stunning 800 pounds, and run up to 15 miles an hour.

Scientists say reptiles evolved from amphibians 340 million years ago. The first reptile was an insect eater. Reptiles were more adaptable and able to

Which amphibian has red eyes, yellow feet, and looks like a leaf? Red Eyed Tree Frogs of course! Because Frogs are amphibians, they spend most of their time in water or wet places. Interestingly, Female will lay their eggs in water, when these eggs hatch they become tadpoles. These baby frogs have many stages such as, developing back legs, growing front legs, becoming a juvenile frog, and finally losing its tail and becoming an adult. Red Eyed Tree Frogs Wake up at dusk and go on the prowl for insects and fruit, which are its main diet. Also, when red eyed tree frogs sleep, they curl their feet and shut their eyes, they look exactly like a leaf, this helps from camouflage from predators. These loveable leaping

Birds are closely related to crocodiles because they share the same ancestry with the dinosaurs. To compare the crocodile and lizard, one would think the lizard is closely related to crocodiles, as we read in our text, "similar structures don't always reveal common ancestry." Crocodiles and birds evolved having the same common ancestry as the dinosaur. Lizards, on the other hand, do not share a close common ancestor with crocodiles or dinosaurs, their common ancestry is more distant.

The Rhinella marina or Cane Toad has a diet consisting primarily of insects, such as beetles, honey bees, ants, winged termites and crickets (Cameron, 2016). The Rattus norvegicus or Rat is a mammal which has an omnivorous diet, common foods within the rat’s diet are grains, fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, insects and other small animals (Dray, 2017). A strong connection between the diets and digestive systems within these animals is highly apparent. The exterior anatomy of the toad connecting to the digestive system is a wide jaw, a long tongue and no teeth. The extendable and lengthy tongue of the toad is used to catch living prey, which is then swallowed whole. Contrastingly, the rat has four long and sharp front teeth, these are the incisors

They are carnivores that feed on bugs, mollusks, worms, insect larvae, crustaceans and small fish. These amphibians dine on basically anything that fits their mouth. Because they are carnivores, the axolotls allows the species to not overpopulate and keeping them just right below the carrying capacity. If these species were to overpopulate, there would not be enough producers for them to feed on and they will eventually starve to death. Predators of axolotls such as large fish, Herons, and Storks depends on them for food. Without the amphibians, there would be less food sources for these predators. It is important to save the axolotls from

The comparison of both limbs make the two organisms look the same but after really looking into the muscular structure and stance they have no similarities what so ever. Especially if you consider the way the birds legs bend backwards and the dinosaurs legs bend the opposite way to them. The lung structure of crocodiles is has way more similarities than those of a bird. There are people who strongly believe in a religion and they would disagree with the idea of evolution as “god” made

The Texas horned lizard also exhibits behavioral adaptations that have increased its water-absorbing efficiency. To help increase the capture of water from its scales, the lizard lowers its head and body to the ground and sticks out its legs to increase the surface area of its body in

“Oh, but they are! On this paper it says that reptiles,such as snakes, are cold-blooded because they cannot regulate their own body temperatures. If they move to a certain environment that is cold, or warm, they try to regulate their temperature based on the weather. Even though they cannot.” Watson explained.

Animal #1: The Wood Frog is cold blooded so its blood changes when the temperature changes. They are specially adapted for cold northern winters. Their bodies create a natural anti-freeze that allows them to survive while they are hibernating.

Ecological isolation. Individuals mate in their preferred habitat, and therefore do not meet individuals of other species with different ecological preferences.

            At a time, scientists believed all dinosaurs were cold-blooded.  However, with a recent discovery of a dinosaur found with a fossilized heart in the northern part of South Dakota in 1993, many paleontologists are starting to think that there were some dinosaurs that were warm blooded.

Frogs, toads, caecilians, and salamanders are the members of the class Amphibian (amphi- meaning “on both sides” and bios- meaning “life”). These members always require water for reproduction. Most Amphibians undergo metamorphosis, which is a usually degenerative pathological change in the structure of a particular body tissue. And, in the case of Amphibians, it is the changing of a tadpole into