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Animals like gharial and crocodile live in land. Are they amphibians or reptiles?

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i.Animals like gharial and crocodile live in water as well as on land, yet they cannot be considered as amphibians, because their characteristic features are similar to reptiles.
ii.They have dry skin covered with scales, whereas the skin of amphibians is moist and without scales.
iii. These animals lay eggs on land, whereas amphibians lay eggs in water.
iv.Gharial and crocodiles have digits provided with claws and neck is present between head and trunk, whereas in amphibians digits are not provided with claws and neck is absent.
v.Like other reptiles, they creep on land, as their body cannot be lifted up. Therefore, from the above characteristics we can say that gharial and crocodiles are reptiles and not amphibians
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