1.similarities between reptiles and amphibians
A. physical characteristics/appearance:both animals are vertebrates, and both animals shed their skin.
B. predator and prey: reptiles and amphibians are both predators and prey, bot animals use their tongues to catch prey.
C. Ectothems: both animals are ectothermic, or cold blooded, they cannot regulate their own body temperatures internally like mammals can.
2. differences between reptiles and amphibians
A. Eggs: amphibians lay their eggs in water, whereas reptiles lay their eggs on land.
B. skin: amphibians have delicate, thin, semi-permeable skin, and they must live close to water or in very humid habitats; reptiles have dry, scaly skin that enables them to live away from water.
C. metamorphosis: amphibians go through a metamorphosis from a tadpole or larval stage with gills to an air-breathing adult stage. reptials do not go through metamorphosis. when the young are born or hatched, they look like miniature adult.
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