Question

What is the basis of keeping snake and tortoise in the same group

Answer 1

Answer:

Both Snake and Turtle have been placed in class reptilia because of the common characteristics:(i) Skin without glands (ii) Three chambered (incompletely four chambered) heart (iii) Respiration through lungs (iv) Cold blooded (v) Hard shelled eggs (vi) Embryo protected by extra embryonal membranes.