Summary

Goals

  • Being able to explain how reptiles have adapted to life on land.
  • Being able to identify the most important Finnish reptile species.

Summary

  • Reptiles are vertebratic, poikilothermic animals.
  • They have adapted to life on land: they reproduce through internal fertilization, lay eggs, and have lungs.
  • Snakes have no limbs, whereas lizards have two pairs of legs (slowworms are an exception).
  • The adder is a poisonous snake, easily identifiable by the zigzagging pattern on its back.