Classroom Animals and Pets - Reptiles

Geckos (Leopard Geckos)

Anoles... coming later

Snakes... contributions needed

Turtles... coming later


Reptile: The 1989 World Book Dictionary definition of a reptile is:

1. (a) any one of a class of cold-blooded animals with a backbone which breathe by means of lungs and usually have skin covered with horny plates or scales. Reptiles creep or crawl. Snakes, turtles, lizards, alligators, and crocodiles are reptiles. Reptiles were the dominant form of life during the Mesozoic.
(b) Informal. any creeping or crawling animal.
(c) Informal. an amphibian.
2. Figurative. a low, mean, despicable person.

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