Reptile

Among some of the earliest of dinosaurs to evolve, Unaysaurus tolentenoi was a prosauropod found in the Caturrita formation in what is now Brazil. In life, it would have reached lengths of up to 2.5 meters (about 8 feet) long, weighed up to 70 kilograms (about 154 pounds) and, reached a height of about 80 centimeters (about 2’ 7”). Its genus name means “black water lizard” while the species name comes from Tolentino Marafiga, who discovered the remains on the side of the road. Being the…

Title/short summary The rattlesnake lives in many places and habitats throughout the Western Hemisphere including deserts, plains and mountains. There are 24 different species of rattlesnake, and its average lifespan lasts anywhere from 10 to 20 years. A rattlesnake’s diet usually consists of lizards and small rodents including mice, rats, squirrels or rabbits. It measures around 5 to 6 feet long and approximately 5 pounds and often takes several years to mature. Natural predators of…

the bullfrogs originally are from like three places north America Canada and Mexico. Bullfrogs eat insects, minnows, worms, crayfish, snakes, baby birds, other frogs, small turtles and even small mammals. Bullfrogs eat anything that they can overpower and fit into their mouths. They have power like legs and cow. which their conversation status is least concerned. Also their skin type would be permeable. They usually eat snakes, worms, insects, crustaceans, frogs, tadpoles, and aquatic eggs of…

A Study to Determine Effects of Beach Sand Grain Size on Sea Turtle Nesting for Caretta caretta in Southwest Florida Kelly Bonkowski Florida Gulf Coast University 10/11/2015 Abstract The following is a proposal for a study that looks at sand grain effects on sea turtle nesting particularly of the species Caretta caretta (loggerhead sea turtle) in Southwest Florida. The study will observe and relate various properties in an attempt to know an ideal nesting environment. Nest sites of different…

Species Taxonomy- The gharial is taxonomically classified under: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Crocodylia Family: Gavialidae Genus: Gavialis Species: gangeticus The Indian gharial is also known as the gharial, fish-eating crocodile, Indian gavial, gavial, and long-nose crocodile. The name gharial is derived from the Hindi work “ghara” which means pot and refers to the bulb on the end of the crocodile’s snout. There are no taxonomic discrepancies…

Manta Rays live in the ocean. Mainly in tropical, subtropical, and temperate waters worldwide. They prefer waters near the equator because they are warmer. They live around coral reefs, but also go out to the open sea. Mantas have adapted to life in the water. Their flat shaped body is great for life in motion. It also makes it hard for predators to latch on to them. Their large pectoral fins are very strong, and one flip of them will accelerate them away from danger. The creature’s rough skin…

Under the Sea Turtle Sea turtles symbolize the humility of mankind because their home has become our home in which both humans and turtles, with the help of the Marine Animal Rescue Team become one. There are six to seven species of sea turtles that can be found from all over the ocean: leatherbacks, loggerheads, green turtles, olive ridleys, kemp’s ridleys, hawksbills and flatbacks. They are either threatened or endangered at human hands, sadly, they are already endangered because of the…

The californian red-sided garter snake is a extraordinary snake that people don’t know about. The snake is found on the west coast of North America. The red-sided garter snake is, “ dark green or black colored. Three, well-defined yellow stripes stretch along the backs and lateral sides of the body. Space between the stripes is filled with red or orange vertical bars” (soft schools- interesting red-sided garter snake facts”. The snake is not found much because natural disaster kill them easily.…

This month we had an assembly on animals. the speaker taught us about animals like a Bearded Dragon, a blue tongued lizard, and a kangaroo,carpet python, parrot, and a tarantula. She was very smart and taught us a lot. This is what I learned. The bearded dragon lives in the desert and changes color to cool off during the day or warm up at night. When they are hot they pant like dogs and breathe hard. At night when their cold, several dragons lay on top of each other to warm up. These dragons…

The triceratops was a large, four-legged, plant-eating ceratopsian dinosaur that had a frill of bone at the back of its skull and three distinguished horns on its face. … Triceratops were the most common kind in western North America and Canada. These dinosaurs were one of the last dinosaurs to roam the Western Interior. They lived in the late Cretaceous period, around 145.5 - 65.5 million years ago. Fossils of this species are most commonly recovered in the uppermost Cretaceous deposits of…