NOTES ON AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES PART 2
KING COBRA HAS SPECIAL ORGAN NAME JACOBSON 'S ORGAN .
TEMPERATURE DETERMINES THE GENDER OF A TURTLE.OUT OF 160 SPECIES OF CHAMELEONS ONLY 1 IS FOUND IN INDIA.REPTILES HAVE SCALY SKINS WHILE AMPHIBIANS HAVE MOIST , GLANDULAR SKINS.
KOMODO DRAGON IS THE HEAVIEST LIZARD.PYTHON HAVE 2 LUNGS. GHARIAL IS THE CROCODILIAN SPECIES WHICH FEEDS PRIMARILY ON FISH.COMMON INDIAN KRAIT IS THE MOST VENOMOUS SNAKE IN INDIA.
SALTWATER CROCODILE IS THE LARGEST LIVING REPTILE IN THE WORLD. GHARIAL HAVE 106-110 TEETH IN ITS SNOUT.TURTLES HAVE NO TEETH IN HIS MOUTH.RETICULATED PYTHON IS THE LARGEST SNAKE FOUND IN INDIA.MOST SEA SNAKES ARE RELATED TO COBRA SNAKES.
PROTEIN MAKES UP SNAKE VEMON. PYTHON KILL THEIR PREY BY STRANGLING..
KING COBRA GETS ITS LATIN NAME FROM ITS CANNIBALISTIC EATING HABITS.KING COBRA IS ALSO CALLED THE HAMADRYED [ A GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL SPIRIT]
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