Newts Caecilian Frogs and toads look much alike. But toads are fatter than frogs and have shorter back legs. A toad's skin is rough and damp. A frog's skin is smooth and wet. Most toads have...
This amphibian
> The red-eyed tree frog is an amphibian. This is a looking page. It can show you many things about this frog, if you look carefully. See the frog's big, round eyes? They are on the very top of...
It’s an Amphibian
The European green toad is an amphibian. Did you ever see a big, fat frog? A frog is one of the animals that lives in water when it is a baby and on land when it grows up. We call these animals...
Playing hide and seek with the sun
It is night in a desert. A small lizard lies covered with sand. Only its head sticks out. It is using the sand like a blanket to keep its body warm during the cool night. When the sun comes up,...
Moving without legs
Snakes have no legs at all, but they move quite well without them. A snake can go zig-zagging over the ground just about as fast as you can walk. Most snakes leave a wiggly trail when they crawl....
Suppers for snakes
Snakes eat only live food. Most snakes eat rats, birds, lizards, and rabbits. Small snakes eat mice, worms, frogs, snails, and insects. Snakes called hook-nosed snakes eat mostly spiders. African...
New skins for old
A shiny garter snake wiggles through the grass. Its wrinkled old skin hangs from the tip of its tail. The snake comes to some rocks. It slides between them. The old skin catches on one of the rocks....
Scaly babies and mothers
A large American alligator crawls into some thorny bushes. She pulls up bushes with her mouth. She stamps her feet. Soon, she has macle a wide, clear place. She makes a pile of mud and plants. She...
Meet the reptiles
You can always tell a turtle by its shell. A box turtle has a high, round shell that it can close up like a box. A map turtle has a wide, flat shell with bumpy edges. A soft-shelled turtle's shell...
This reptile
This is a looking page. Look at this turtle. The turtle's head looks as if an artist had painted stripes and spots on it. That's why this kind of turtle is called a painted turtle. The turtle's...
