Reptiles

How to recognise a reptile

• Dry skin covered with scales or bony plates
• Cold-blooded: body warmth comes from the surroundings
• Breathe air with lungs
• Most lay eggs on land

Reptiles on this site

• 🦎Common house geckoReptile
• 🐊GharialReptile
• 🐢Green sea turtleReptile
• 🐍Indian cobraReptile
• 🐍Indian pythonReptile
• 🐢Indian star tortoiseReptile
• 🐍King cobraReptile
• 🦎Komodo dragonReptile
• 🐊Mugger crocodileReptile
• 🐢Olive ridley sea turtleReptile
• 🐊Saltwater crocodileReptile
• 🦎Veiled chameleonReptile

Sorted by scientific order

Within the group, scientists place animals in orders. Animals in one order share a common ancestor.

• Squamata: common house gecko, Indian cobra, Indian python, king cobra, Komodo dragon, veiled chameleon
• Crocodylia: gharial, mugger crocodile, saltwater crocodile
• Testudines: green sea turtle, Indian star tortoise, olive ridley sea turtle

What they eat

• Herbivores: green sea turtle, Indian star tortoise
• Carnivores: gharial, Indian cobra, Indian python, king cobra, Komodo dragon, mugger crocodile, saltwater crocodile
• Omnivores: olive ridley sea turtle
• Insectivores: common house gecko, veiled chameleon

Other groups: mammals, birds, amphibians, fish, invertebrates.