Vertebrate Trading Card Project

1. Vertebrate Trading Card Project By: Mitchell Boh

2. Agnatha Interesting Extras • Cold Blooded • 2 Heart Chambers • They are internal fertilizers • They have a slender eel-shaped body made out of cartilage. There digestive systems have no stomach • Favorite color – blue (the color of the ocean) • Most Embarrassing Moment – When I ate a rock by accident and all of my friends made fun of me. Scientific Name - Petromyzon marinus Common Name - Diverse lampreys Environment - The ocean, rivers, delta ect.

3. Chondricthyes Interesting Extras • Cold Blooded • 2 Heart Chambers • Mostly internal fertilization • Jawed fish with scales and a cartilage skeleton • About a 20 feet wing span. • Largest Manta Ray ever is about 3000 pounds. • They eat Plankton, small fish and crustaceans.  They have no teeth. • Mantas don't have a stinging spine. Scientific Name - Manta Birostris Common Name – Manta Ray Environment - The ocean

4. Osteichthyes Interesting Extras • Cold blooded • 2 Heat Chambers • Mostly external fertilization but it can be internal • Stable pattern of cranial bones • Moveable muscles in lower jaw • Over 20,000 species • Acute eyes • When scared it “puffs up” and the size and sudden growth of the fish scares its predators away. • Greatest Achievement – He scared a shark away because he “puffed up” Scientific Name - Lagocephalus lagocephalus Common Name – Puffer Fish Environment - Marine, near coral reefs and tropical shallow water

5. Amphibia Interesting Extras • Cold Blooded • Three Heart Chambers • When they are tadpoles they fertilize internally but when they at adults they fertilize externally (frogs in the rainforest) • They lay their eggs in water • Adults breath air and water. • There are not true sea water amphibians • It has toxic chemicals on it’s skin when it lives on land. • Some Newts can live for 12 to 15 years. • Favorite food is a snail with a side of fresh worms Scientific Name – Notophthalmus viridescens Common Name - Newt Environment - Lives in and around ponds, lakes, marshes, and quiet streams.

6. Reptilia Interesting Extras • Cold Blooded • Three Heart Chambers • They fertilize externally by laying eggs • Dry, scaly or horny skin (no hair) • Heard shelled eggs • Breath with lungs • The first animal, in evolution, to develop the amniotic egg, this allows reptiles to lay eggs on land. • A great defense the turtle has is that is can hide itself in its shell Scientific Name – Dermochelys coriacea Common Name – Giant Sea Turtle or Leatherback Sea Turtle Environment - marine, lives near coral reefs

7. Aves Interesting Extras • They are warm blooded • They have four heart chambers • They live in any terrestrial habitat • Horny beak, no teach • Feathers • Yoked eggs • Toucans are born blind • You can hear the sound of a toucan over a 1\2 mile away • Biggest fear it’s a jaguar • Toucans live mostly in South America • Favorite food are seeds Scientific Name – Ramphastos sulfuratus Common Name – Toucan Environment - The rainforest of South America

8. Mammalia Interesting Extras • Warm blooded • Four heart chambers • Internal fertilization • Have hair • Most have sweat glands • Have fat glands • Over 4000 species • Four legs • They have thinking brains • They are related to an elephant • They are an endangered species • Greatest achievement is staying alive when his species is endangered Scientific Name – Trichechus manatus latirostris Common Name – Manatee Environment - marine, shallow waters