Vertebrata - created from Mind Map

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Pisces

1.Cold blooded.2.Two chambered heart.3.Fins for locomotion.4.Stream lined body.

5. Body covered with scales / plates.

6.They lay eggs. They are of two types e.i bony fish and cartilage fish.

7.Respire through gills.Eg Bony fish -Rohu, Cartilage fish -Shark.

Amphibia

1.Three chambered heart.2.Mucus glands in the skin.

3.Respiration through gills or lungs.

4.They lay eggs.

5.Found both land and water.

Eg Frog, toads, salamanders.

Reptilia

1.Cold blooded. They have scales.

2.Three chambered heart.

3.Respire through lungs.

4.They lay eggs with tough covering.

E.g Turtle, Chameleon, King cobra.

Aves

1.Warm blooded.

2.Four chambered heart.

3.Lay eggs.

4.Body covered with feathers.

5.Forelimbs modified for flight.

6.Breath through lungs.

Eg : Birds

Mammalia

1.Warm blooded with four chambered heart.

2.Mammary glands for milk production.

3.Skin has hair as well as sweat and oil glands.