Leopard Gecko

By: P.T.S

| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genius and Species | Fun facts |

Kingdom: Animalia            

• It is multi-cellular

• It is a heterotroph

• It is capable of rapid and agile movement

• lack cell walls and exist by ingesting food and digesting it within specialized cavities, belonging to the Kingdom Animalia.

• nervous tissue, muscle tissue and sexual reproduction

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Phylum: Chordate

• It is from the Chordate family because of the segmented body and segmented muscles

• bilateral symmetry
• segmented body, including segmented muscles
• three germ layers and a well-developed coelom.
• single, dorsal, hollow nerve cord, usually with an enlarged anterior end (brain)
• tail projecting beyond (posterior to) the anus at some stage of development

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Class: Reptilia

• It is from the Reptilia family because it sheds.

• It has scales

• It has holes on the side of the neck witch it breathes out of

• It has

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Order: Squamata

• Scales of varying shapes and sizes

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Family: Gekonidae

•  Its a family of geckos

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Genius and Species: Leopard gecko

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• The gender of leopard gecko hatchlings depends on the temperature! Males come from slightly higher incubation temperatures (85-90). Females come from slightly lower temperatures (80 or so). Females hatched at higher temperatures sometimes are too aggressive for breeding! 

• They can live about 20 years in captivity.

• Leopard geckos differ from the arboreal geckos in that they have eyelids. The genus name is from the Greek and means "good eyelid". The species name is from Latin and refers to the spots.

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