The characteristics of Class Reptilia are
- body covered with moist skin which is devoid of scales, the ear is represented by a tympanum, alimentary canal, urinary and reproductive tracts open into a common cloaca
- fresh water animals with bony endoskeleton, air-bladder to regulate buoyancy
- marine animals with cartilaginous endoskeleton, body covered with placoid scales
- body covered with dry and cornified skin, scales over the body are epidermal, they do not have external ears.
Answer
(4) body covered with dry and cornified skin, scales over the body are epidermal, they do not have external ears.
Solution
As per NCERT, reptiles have a body covered by dry and cornified skin with epidermal scales or scutes; they do not have external ear openings, and the tympanum represents the ear.
∴ Option (4) gives the characteristics of Class Reptilia.
∵ Option (1) describes Amphibia, option (2) Osteichthyes and option (3) Chondrichthyes.
Answer: (4)