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In tabular form state five difference between the reproduction in frog and bird

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Answered by rkokilamanickam
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Answer:BASIS FOR COMPARISON AMPHIBIANS REPTILES

Meaning

Amphibians are ectothermic or cold-blooded animals, living on land or in water. They use gills as well as lungs for breathing, in water and on land respectively.

Reptiles are also one of the ectothermic or cold-blooded animals, which live on land. They can be oviparous or viviparous and have four legs.

Dwelling/Habitat

These animals live in the aquatic environment as well as on land. Their larval stage is spent in water and adulthood on land. Reptiles live on land (terrestrial animal), but some of them like alligators, turtles and crocodile can live in water also.

Examples

Toads, Frogs, Salamanders, etc.

Snake, Lizards, Crocodile, etc.

Mode of reproduction

They are oviparous, in which embryos develop inside the mother's womb in the egg and are hatched outside the mother's body. Some animals are oviparous, while some are viviparous(embryos get develop inside the mother's womb).

Type of fertilization

External. Internal.

Other features

Amphibians can breathe in both ways, which can be through gills or from the lungs. Reptiles breathe only through lungs.

They have the restriction of visualising certain colours, which means they have the restriction to narrow bands of the colour spectrum. Reptiles have a wide range of colour spectrum and can visualize and distinguish different colours.

Amphibians have a three-chambered heart.

Reptiles also have a three-chambered heart, but their ventricle is further divided through a septum.

Amphibians secrets toxins from their skin, which protect them from predators. Reptiles have hard scales and protection all over their skin; they also produce toxins from teeth and nails.

Smooth, sticky, moist and highly porous skin to perform the various function. They have dry, hard and scaly skin, which protects them.

Amphibians lay their eggs in water which are covered with gel.

Reptiles lay their eggs on land and have a hard protective covering.

They have webbed feet, which help them in swimming and jumping.

These have four limbs, helping them in running and swimming, while snakes do not have limbs and they crawl.

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