What Is a Reptile Chomp A crocodile catches a fish Hiss A snake warns an enemy Splash A turtle slips into a pond Zoom A lizard runs from danger These animals do not all look alike And they do not all live in the same places But they belong to the same animal class They are all reptiles 4
5 A crocodile is one of the largest reptiles It hides so it can catch its next meal
How many kinds of reptiles are there Q 6 Take a close look at a snake’s scales Scales help protect reptiles
What makes all of these animals reptiles They all have a backbone And most of them lay eggs All reptiles are covered in scales too The scales are tough and dry They are made of the same thing as your fingernails They protect a reptile’s body More than 9,500 kinds of reptiles live on Earth A 7
