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Modern Reptiles - Coggle Diagram
Modern Reptiles
Crocodilians include alligators and crocodiles.
close relative of birds.
both share a four chambered heart.
lay eggs.
during courtship males and females grunt and bellow.
Lizards
Lay eggs. Mother does not provide nourishment.
Snakes
evolved from short legged long bodied lizards during the cretaceous.
all have teeth, but all have fangs.
Most are predators.
Iguanas are herbivores
Turtles
200 million years old.
fossils showed turtles had teeth, but modern turtles do not.
freshwater turtles pray on fish and invertebrates
Tortoises live on land.
feed on plants
tortoises eat plants.