what are the differences between amphibians and reptiles?
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Explanation:
Amphibians Reptiles
Their eggs are surrounded by a gel like substances. Their eggs are covered with tough covering.
They can respire by gills and lungs. They can respire only by the lungs.
Their skin is porous and smooth. Their skin is dry and hard.
Amphibians
Reptiles
They live on land as well as in water.
They live usually on land.
Their larval stage is spent in water and adulthood on land.
Their larval and adult stages are spent on land.
They are oviparous.
They are oviparous as well as viviparous.
Fertilization is external.
Fertilization is internal.
They can breathe through gills as well as lungs.
They breathe through lungs.
The heart is three-chambered.
The heart is three-chambered but the ventricle is further divided through a septum.
They secrete toxins from their skin to protect themselves from predators.
The skin is protected by hard scales, and they also secrete toxin through teeth and nails.
Skin is smooth and highly porous.
Skin is dry, hard and scaly.
The webbed feet help them to swim.
They have limbs to facilitate running and swimming.
Their eggs are covered with gel.
Their eggs are covered with a hard protective covering.
They have restrictions to narrow bands of the colour spectrum.
They can visualize and distinguish between different colours.