Funny Facts About Reptiles

FROGS-

• The Golith frog of Africa is the biggest frog in the world. It weighed 8 pounds and was the size of a three year old child.
• The Cuban arrow poison frog is only about half an inch long.
• Frogs' tongues have lots of taste buds. They spit out food that tastes bad.
• Frogs' soak up all the water they need through their skin.
• A frog sheds its skin few times a year. 
• The golden poison dart frog is the most poisonous member of this family.
• The barking frog sounds like -----a barking dog.
• The wood frog quacks like a duck.
• Eastern narrow mouthed toads bleat like lambs.
• The mexican tree frog makes a noise like a car.
• Carpenter frogs sound like someone is hammering nails.
• The northern cricket frog calls, "gick, gick, gick"  once a second.

SNAKES-

• Most snakes do not need to eat very often. One big meal can last for many months.
• The spitting cobra squeezes poison out through holes at the tip of its fangs.
• The rattles on the snake's tail are made up of the same material as your fingernails.
• King cobras strike and kill about 10,000 people a year in India.
• Just one ounce of poison from king cobra call kill upto 4000 people.
• The country of Myanmar leads the world in snakebites.
• Sea snakes are among the most poisonous snakes of all.
• Blind snakes dig tunnel in the soil.

LIZARDS-

• The Komodo dragon is the largest lizard in the world.
• The least Gicko is only about half an inch long.
• A six linned racerunner was clocked speeding at an amazing speed of 18 miles an hour.
• Chameleons tend to turn darker when frightened.
• Lizards can grow new tails when they loose one.
• Chameleons can change colours- yellow, green, white, red, or brown. They do not change colour according to their surroundings.

 

TURTLES-

• The huge leather backed turtle is the biggest turtle in the world.
•  The eastern mud turtle is the smallest member of this family.
• The turtles can swim 1200 miles each way.
• The shell of an alligator snapping turtle is the same color as the muddy river water where it lives.
• The stinkpot turtle gives out a disgusting smell.
• The people of Madagascar love and respect the radiated tortoise.

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