cold-blooded vertibrates

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an animal that has a backbone

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vertebrate

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an animal that can use body heat from chemical reactions in the body’s cells to maintain a constant body temperature

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endotherm

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an organism that needs sources of heat outside of itself

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ectotherm

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a faint line visible on both sides of a fish’s body that runs the length of the body and marks the location of sense organs that detect vibrations in water

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lateral line

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a respiratory organ in which oxygen from the water is exchanged with carbon dioxide from the bikes

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gill

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Agnatha is a superclass of jawless fish in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, consisting of both present and extinct species.

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jawless fishes

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Chondrichthyes is a class that contains the cartilaginous fishes that have skeletons primarily composed of cartilage.

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cartilaginous fishes

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Osteichthyes, popularly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse taxonomic group of fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue.

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bony fishes

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a gas-filled sac that is used to control buoyancy; also known as a gas bladder

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swim bladder

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a respiratory organ in which oxygen from the air is exchanged with carbon dioxide from the blood

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lung

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the aquatic, fish-shaped larva of a frog or toad

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tadpole

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a phase in life cycle of many animals during which a rapid change from the immature form of an organism to the adult form takes place

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metamorphosis

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a group of limbless, vermiform or serpentine amphibians.

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Caecilians

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a group of amphibians typically characterized by a lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults.

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salamanders

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any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anur

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frogs

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common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and large bumps covering the parotoid glands.

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toads

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a type of egg that is surrounded by a membrane, the amnion, and that in reptiles, birds, and egg-laying mammals contains a large amount of yolk and is surrounded by a shell

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amniotic egg

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are reptiles of the order Chelonia or Testudines. They are characterized by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs that acts as a shield.

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turtles

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are reptile species of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines. They are particularly distinguished from other turtles by being exclusively land-dwelling, while many other turtle species are at least partly aquatic

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tortoises

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are large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.

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crocodiles

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crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. The two extant species are the American alligator and the Chinese alligator.

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alligators

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elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.

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snakes

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a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.

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lizards

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reptiles endemic to New Zealand, belonging to the genus Sphenodon.

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tuataras