Types of Vertebrates

Types of Vertebrates

1. Fish

   • Always live on water.
   • Don’t have limbs.
   • Have gills to obtain oxygen, and are covered in scales.
   • There are five classes of fish.

2. Reptiles

   • Are cold blooded.
   • They lay eggs.
   • Are amniotes, meaning that they don’t need water or wet environments to live or reproduce.
   • They are all tetrapods.

3. Mammals

   • Have fur or hair and mammary glands.
   • Are warm blooded.
   • Are amniotes.
   • Give birth to live young.

4. Amphibians

   • Require a water or wet environment to reproduce.
   • Live their larva stage as an aquatic animal but then go through metamorphosis and become adults that can live and breathe on land.
   • Are cold blooded.

5. Birds

   • Are warm blooded.
   • Are amniotes.
   • Have feathers and wings.
   • Most of them are capable of flight.
   • They are all tetrapods.
   • They lay eggs.

6. Fish

   • Always live on water.
   • Don’t have limbs.
   • Have gills to obtain oxygen, and are covered in scales.
   • There are five classes of fish.

7. Reptiles

   • Are cold blooded.
   • They lay eggs.
   • Are amniotes, meaning that they don’t need water or wet environments to live or reproduce.
   • They are all tetrapods.

8. Mammals

   • Have fur or hair and mammary glands.
   • Are warm blooded.
   • Are amniotes.
   • Give birth to live young.

9. Birds

   • Are warm blooded.
   • Are amniotes.
   • Have feathers and wings.
   • Most of them are capable of flight.
   • They are all tetrapods.
   • They lay eggs.

10. Amphibians

    • Require a water or wet environment to reproduce.
    • Live their larva stage as an aquatic animal but then go through metamorphosis and become adults that can live and breathe on land.
    • Are cold blooded.