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.