Question

A person enters a museum and observed animal specimens. He looks at the one marked salamander and calls it lizard . How will you explain to him that salamanders and lizards belong to two different classes? List four distinguishing features and also give one example each of the other members of the above two classes

Answer 1

Hey mate here's the answer

Salamander are amphibian

While

Lizards are reptilia

1. Reptiles (lizards) are covered in dry scales or scutes,

while

Amphibians(salamander) have moist skins.

2.Amphibians(salamander) produce eggs that are dependent for the most part on water and moisture, eggs are soft and moist.

while

Reptiles (lizards) have shelled-eggs that are terrestrially adapted.eggsa are hard.

3. Amphibian (salamander) They dont have claws

While

Reptiles (lizards) have claws

4. Amphibians (salamander) have life stages like larval stage

While

Reptiles (lizards) do not have any larval stage or life stages

Hope it helps...

Answer 2

A person enters museum and observed animal specimens. He looks at one marked salamander and calls it lizard.

It can be explained to him that it is not a lizard but salamander by showing him the external appearance which differs in both.  

List of four distinguishing features between lizard and Salamander:

• Lizards is a reptile whereas salamander is an amphibian.
• Lizards are covered in dry scales whereas salamander has moist skin.
• The external ear opening and clawed toes are absent in salamander whereas present in lizards.
• Salamanders have long tail than lizards.
• Snake is a reptile, whereas frog is an amphibian.