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Gas exchange process in reptiles

How the gas exchange process is different in reptiles as compared to the amphibians.

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The Reptiles do not have permeable skin so they cannot make cutaneous respiration just like amphibians do. Like birds and mammals, their respiration is pulmonary.

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