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Classification of the class Reptilia

Classify the class Reptilia concerning the maintenance of the body temperature?

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Just like the fishes and amphibians, beings belonging to the class Reptilia are heterothermic animals also called as poikilothermic, or ectothermic), that means they are not able to control their body temperature by themselves and therefore they depend over the external warm sources mainly the sun.

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