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• Bone in their skeleton • An operculum covering the gill openings
• A swimbladder or lungs• True scales• Paired fins• Ammonia excretion
• Tetrapod• Ectothermic• 3-chambered heart (Double circulation)• Smooth skin, lacks scales (Desiccation if
dry)• Cutaneous respiration• Lungs• Excretes urea
Tadpoles Frogs
Herbivorous Carnivorous
Aquatic Aquatic & Terrestrial
Single loop circulation Double loop circulation
Gills Lungs
Reptile Characteristics
• Ectothermic
• Dry skin covered in scales
• Most have 2 pairs of short legs & clawed feet
• Oviparous reproduction
• Internal fertilization – to avoid desiccation of gametes
Endothermic
Feathers = modified scales
Wings
Hollow bones
4 chambered heart
Amniotic egg
Parental care
Crop & gizzard
Air sacs & lungs
Counter-current circulation
Uric Acid excretion