FRANCISCO RIVERO NARVÁEZ
FRANCISCO J. BELGRANO FERNÁNDEZ
NICOLÁS GUTIÉRREZ RUBIO
RUBÉN RUIZ ÁLVAREZ
REPTILES
INDEXINTRODUCTION
Crocodiles
Snakes
Komodo dragon
Dinosaurs
Reptiles in Málaga
FRANCISCO RIVERO NARVÁEZ
CROCODILES
THE SALTWATER CROCODILEThis crocodile lives in the sea. The feeding of
this crocodile often changes, because young
saltwater crocodile eat insects and small
animals and the adult saltwater crocodile eat
big animals such as buffalos.
THE ALLIGATOR
The alligator is a type of crocodile. It lives in
the southeast of Oklahoma. Alligators prefer
the fresh water lakes and slowmoving rivers
in the Everglades. People have to be careful
because alligators eat everything in front of
them.
THE NILE CROCODILE
The Nile crocodile is an African crocodile and
may be considered the second largest reptile
in the world, after the saltwater crocodile.
This crocodile can eat very big animals such
as elephants and buffalos.
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SNAKES
COBRA
Cobra is a Portuguese word for snake. It lives
in Asia and eats mice and other small animals.
It is a famous venemous snake in the world.
The Indian cobra is the most dangerous cobra.
VIPERINAE
Viperinae is a subfamily of venemous vipers
endemic to Europe, Africa and Asia. This
snake eats small animals such as mice or
small birds.
BOA CONSTRICTOR
The boa constrictor is the biggest snake in the
world. It lives in southeast of America, in the
Amazonas. It eats big animals such as boar
and cows.
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KOMODO DRAGON
The Komodo dragon is a specie of lizard that
lives in the Indonesian islands of Komodo.
It is the largest living lizard. They grow to an
average length of 2–3 meters and weigh
around 70kg.
Komodo dragon bites can be very dangerous
and they sometimes attack people.
The Komodo dragon has other names. It can
also be called the Komodo monitor or the
Komodo Island monitor by some scientists,
but this is not very common.
It has a tail as long as its body.
It also has a long, yellow, forked tongue. Also
its skin is very bright hot pink color.
The Komodo dragon likes hot and dry places
and lives in dry open grassland, savannah
and tropical forest on lower land.
Komodo dragons are carnivores.
The Komodo dragon's diet includes
invertebrates, other reptiles (including
smaller Komodo dragons), birds, bird eggs...
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DINOSAUR
CARNIVOROUS DINOSAURS
Reptiles have lived in the world four million years.
There were lots of reptiles such as dinosaurs.
Some dinosaurs were carnivors such as the
Tyranosaur and the Velociraptor. Carnivoros ate
other herbivorous dinosaurs.
HERBIVOROUS DINOSAURS
Other dinosaurs ate plants and vegetables such as
Triceratops and Brachiosaurus. The
Brachiosaurus had the biggest neck in the world.
Lots of herbivors died because the carnivors ate
them.
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FLYING DINOSAURS
Other dinosaurs could fly such as Therodactyloand Archaeoteryx. They ate insects and smallfish. They could escape from the carnivors. Theywere reptiles.
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REPTILES IN MÁLAGA
In Spain, there are lots of parks and zoos with
reptiles, they live in their favourite habitat.
In Malaga, we have three places with this type of
animals: Selwo Aventura, Biopark Fuengirola and
the Crocodile park.
SELWO AVENTURA
The Selwo Aventura is in Estepona (Málaga).
There are lot of reptiles such as snakes,
crocodiles…. The snakes are in a small dark
house in their natural habitat.
BIOPARC FUENGIROLA
In Fuengirola Zoo, there are new reptiles such as
Komodo dragons. They live in some Indian ruins.
It has lot of food and water to swim. The tamer of
Komodo dragon has to be careful because the
Komodo dragon is carnivorous.
CROCODILE PARK
The crocodile park is the biggest place with
crocodile in Andalusia. There are lots of types of
crocodile. The biggest is “Paco”, a Nile crocodile
with 3,5 metres long. If you wish, you can hold a
baby crocodile in your arms.
DINOPETREA
In Málaga, there was an exhibition calledDinopetrea. There were lot of bones of tyranosaur, diplodocus…