Reptiles stamp catalogue

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Reptiles (Reptilia) are cold-blooded vertebrates. They are characterized by a scaly skin, lung breathing and eggs with a membrane. The class is divided into lizards and snakes, tufted lizards, turtles and crocodiles. More

Reptiles are cold-blooded, vertebrate animals belonging to the class Reptilia. They have adapted to life on land and can survive in hot and dry climates. They are characterized by scaly skin, lung respiration and eggs with a membrane. The class is divided into 4 groups: the bridge lizard, the turtles, the group of lizards and snakes and finally the crocodiles. Incidentally, crocodiles seem to be more closely related to birds than to other reptiles, such as lizards. Birds are likely descendants of dinosaurs, another (extinct) group of reptiles. Other well-known representatives of the reptiles are snakes, such as the boas, the pythons, the cobras and the vipers. Well-known lizards are the chameleons and the monitor lizards. The turtles have partly adapted to a life in the water. Even in the sea are a number of species such as the green turtle and the leatherback turtle.

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Saltwater crocodile (1894)