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Body temperature of reptiles is not constant.

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(i) Reptiles are cold blooded animals or poikilotherms.
(ii) The body temperature of cold blooded animals changes with the surrounding temperature.
(iii) Reptilians have different habitat which have different temperatures.
(iv) In order to adapt to different situations, the body temperatures of reptiles at different locations differ. Hence, their body temperature is not constant.
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