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Tetrapod

life science Maturity 5-7

Many animals have four limbs.

Lithobates pipiens.jpg
Lithobates pipiens.jpg
These are called tetrapods. They include birds and mammals. They also include reptiles. Some, like snakes, have no legs.
Florida Box Turtle Digon3.jpg
Florida Box Turtle Digon3.jpg
We are part of this group! Can you name a tetrapod?

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Tetrapoda PhyloCode (en).svg
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Biodiversity of Tetrapods by Sahney...
File:Lithobates pipiens.jpg
Lithobates pipiens.jpg
File:Florida Box Turtle Digon3.jpg
Florida Box Turtle Digon3.jpg
File:Cuvier-33-Moineau_domestique.jpg
Cuvier-33-Moineau_domestique.jpg
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Squirrel (PSF).png
File:Linnaeus - Regnum Animale (1735).png
Linnaeus - Regnum Animale (1735).png
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Devonianfishes ntm 1905 smit 1929.gif
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Eusthenopteron BW.jpg
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Panderichthys BW.jpg
File:Tiktaalik BW.jpg
Tiktaalik BW.jpg

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