To be cold-blooded is to have cold blood and you cant regulate your own temperature e.g.

if humans get cold our body warms ourselves up but reptiles have to keep warm all the time by sun bathing because they cant regulate their own temperature.

Cold-blooded creatures take on the temperature of their surroundings. They are hot when their environment is hot and cold when their environment is cold. In hot environments, cold-blooded animals can have blood that is much warmer than warmblooded animals. Cold-blooded animals are much more active in warm environments and are very sluggish in cold environments. This is because their muscle activity depends on chemical reactions which run quickly when it is hot and slowly when it is cold. A coldblooded animal can convert much more of its food into body mass compared with a warmblooded animal

The skulls of snakes are made up of many small There are more than 8,000 species of reptiles bones that are connected in a flexible way. This on our planet, and the live on every continent. is different from a human skull, which is one solid piece. This allows snakes to expand their jaws and heads in order to eat prey items Reptiles are one of the longest-lived species on larger than their heads. A common garter the planet. For example, large tortoises such as snake, for example, could swallow a frog more the Aldabra tortoise can live for more than 150 than twice the size of its head. Large snakes years. Alligators can live nearly 70 years. Ball such as the anaconda can eat some of the pythons, a popular type of pet snake, can live largest animals. up to 40 years. Snakes and lizards put their tongues in the air to capture the scent particles. They don't smell through their noses. Instead, the use their tongues to collect the scent particles and then pass the particles over something called a Jacobson's organ to know the air around them. This is how reptiles hunt for food. The scales of all snakes and lizards are made of keratin, which is the same substance that makes up the hair and fingernails of humans.

Herbivorous Lizards. Insectivorous Lizards Carnivorous Lizards. Omnivorous Lizards. Most reptiles are carnivores that feed on small insects, mammals and reptiles. A few reptiles are herbivores that feed on plants, grasses, fruits, shrubs and marine plants such as algae and kelp.

Because there are so many types of lizards, there's no normal lizard diet. Smaller lizards like chameleons, geckos and anoles eat mostly insects like flies and crickets. They also eat other small creatures like snails, spiders and caterpillars. The bigger the lizard, the bigger its prey. The biggest lizard of them all, the komodo dragon, has special bacteria in its saliva that paralyzes and kills its prey. The komodo dragon is a ferocious predator and has been known to hunt deer, pigs and even humans. Not all lizards are carnivores, however Iguanas are exclusively herbivorous. They climb up into trees and eat the leaves, fruits and berries they find there.

The green basilisk has a special ability of running on water. Its feet are specially shaped to balance out its weight so it can run on water

The leopard gecko has the ability to grow a new tail when a predator attacks it .they can also able to replace each of their 100 teeth every 3 to 4 months Fractures in the tailbone allow the tail to separate easily and rapid vasoconstriction allows the gecko to suffer minimal blood loss. This detaching of the tail causes a high level of stress on the gecko due to the loss of the valuable storage of fat it once had. It will start to regenerate its tail immediately because it is needed for survival. A lost tail may increase the chance of sickness in the gecko and in some cases kill it, but this is very rare. Regenerated tails often retain similar colors to the original tail, however they are often smooth and lack the rigid qualities and length of a normal tail. The tail will also be shorter and often fatter than the previous tail.

It hides in rock cracks and crevices. It lives in The armadillo girdled lizard possesses an uncommon defence mechanism, in which it social groups of up to 30. takes its tail in its mouth and rolls into a ball when frightened. In this shape, it is protected from predators by the thick, scales along its back and the spines on its tail. This behaviour, which resembles that of the mammalian armadillo , gives it its English common name.

The komodo dragon is the most dangerous and is the biggest lizard in the world.it is the most dangerous because it has deadly saliva in its mouth its deadly because it has so much bacteria in its mouth. so when it bites even if the prey survives it the wound gets infected and it dies.it has lots of bacteria because it eats lots of rotting flesh. There diet includes birds, mammals and insects. They are even found to have venom in there mouth that causes blood clotting and rapid swelling. Occasionally, they eat humans and human corpses, digging up bodies from shallow graves. The largest animals eat first, while the smaller ones follow a hierarchy. The largest male asserts his dominance and the smaller males show their submission by use of body language and rumbling hisses. Dragons of equal size may resort to wrestling. Losers usually retreat, though they have been known to be killed and eaten by victors.

MOST EXOTIC REPTILES

I think that the panther chameleon is the most exotic reptile.it comes from furcifer pardalis. their eyes move independently from each other. Panther chameleons have very long tongues (sometimes longer than their own body length) which they are capable of rapidly extending out of the mouth. It is a common belief that chameleons of any kind can change color to match any color of their surroundings. All chameleons have a natural color with which they are born, and is dictated by their species. Color change is, for the most part, subconscious.1 It is affected by temperature, mood, and light. If, for example, the color purple is not within the range of colors to which their particular species can change, then they will never turn purple.

One of the weirdest reptiles is the thorny devils as you can see underneath it is very weird. The thorny devil grows up to 20 cm in length, and it can live up to 20 years. Most of these lizards are colored in camouflaging shades of desert browns and tans. These colors change from pale colors during warm weather and to darker colors during cold weather. These animals are covered entirely with spines. The thorny dragon's body is ridged in shape, and this enables the animal to collect water from any part of its body. That water is then brought to its mouth. The thorny dragon is covered in hard, sharp spines that stop attacks by predators by making it difficult to swallow. It also has a fake head on its back. When it feels threatened by other animals, it lowers its head between its front legs, and then shows its fake head.it inhabits west Australia.

WEIRDEST LOOKING REPTILES