This reference covers the fascinating world of cold-blooded animals and their differences from warm-blooded animals. You will find detailed sections on what cold-blooded animals are, as well as a comprehensive listicle of various cold-blooded species.
By reading this reference, you can expand your English vocabulary related to animals and biology. It is a great way to learn about animal species while improving your language skills.
Contents
Cold Blooded Animals List
Cold Blooded Animal Names
- American Bullfrog
- Green Frog
- American Toad
- Northern Leopard Frog
- Cane Toad
- Wood Frog
- Green Tree Frog
- Pickerel Frog
- Common Frog
- Spring Peeper
- Golden Poison Frog
- Growling Grass Frog
- Common Toad
- Common Coqui
- Southern Leopard Frog
- Fowler’s Toad
- Greenhouse Frog
- Paedophryne Amanuensis
- Northern Corroboree Frog
- Striped Marsh Frog
- Stuttering Frog
- Black Toad
- Gopher Frog
- Litoria Castanea
- Smoky Jungle Frog
- Orange-Thighed Frog
- Oregon Spotted Frog
- Common Eastern Froglet
- Oak Toad
- Southern Chorus Frog
- Southern Toad
- Southern Cricket Frog
- Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad
- Little Grass Frog
- Pig Frog
- Glass Frog
- Goliath Frog
- Bull Frog
- Tree Frog
- Marsh Frog
- Pool Frog
- Edible Frog
- Poison Dart Frog
- Hairy Frog
- Northern Cricket Frog
- Natterjack Toad
- Upland Chorus Frog
- Great Plains Toad
- Western Toad
- Eastern Spadefoot
- Colorado River Toad
- Northern Red-Legged Frog
- Woodhouse’s Toad
- Boreal Chorus Frog
- European Fire-Bellied Toad
- Appalachian Mountain Chorus Frog
- Great Basin Spadefoot
- Columbia Spotted Frog
- European Green Toad
- Plains Spadefoot Toad
- Asian Common Toad
- Canadian Toad
- Red-Spotted Toad
- Golden Toad
- Green Anole
- Green Iguana
- Viviparous Lizard
- Gila Monster
- Komodo Dragon
- Eastern Fence Lizard
- Sand Lizard
- Common Five-Lined Skink
- Slow Worm
- Marine Iguana
- Leopard Gecko
- Jackson’s Chameleon
- Common Basilisk
- Common Wall Lizard
- Common House Gecko
- Frilled-Neck Lizard
- Mexican Beaded Lizard
- Crested Gecko
- Asian Water Monitor
- Northern Alligator Lizard
- Common European Viper
- Tokay Gecko
- Gold Tegu
- Long-Nosed Leopard Lizard
- Western Fence Lizard
- Broadhead Skink
- Eastern Glass Lizard
- Rock Monitor
- Blue Iguana
- Savannah Monitor
- Nile Monitor
- Grass Snake
- Brown Anole
- Slender Glass Lizard
- Burton’s Legless Lizard
- Thorny Devil
- Sphaerodactylus Ariasae
- Mediterranean House Gecko
- Crocodile Monitor
- Plumed Basilisk
- Rhinoceros Iguana
- Little Brown Skink
- Mexican Alligator Lizard
- Desert Iguana
- Coal Skink
- Lace Monitor
- Armadillo Girdled Lizard
- Texas Horned Lizard
- Green Sea Turtle
- Hawksbill Sea Turtle
- Loggerhead Sea Turtle
- Leatherback Sea Turtle
- Common Snapping Turtle
- Painted Turtle
- Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
- Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle
- Common Musk Turtle
- Flatback Sea Turtle
- Spotted Turtle
- Wood Turtle
- Northern Map Turtle
- Spiny Softshell Turtle
- Northern Red-Bellied Cooter
- Pond Slider
- Diamondback Terrapin
- Alligator Snapping Turtle
- Blanding’s Turtle
- Mata Mata
- Eastern Mud Turtle
- Bog Turtle
- Common Box Turtle
- False Map Turtle
- African Helmeted Turtle
- European Pond Turtle
- Mekong Snail-Eating Turtle
- Black Marsh Turtle
- Chinese Softshell Turtle
- Red-Bellied Short-Necked Turtle
- Russian Tortoise
- Gopher Tortoise
- Asian Giant Softshell Turtle
- Aldabra Giant Tortoise
- Chinese Pond Turtle
- Vietnamese Pond Turtle
- Florida Red-Bellied Cooter
- Bell’s Hinge-Back Tortoise
- Chicken Turtle
- Florida Softshell Turtle
- Chinese Stripe-Necked Turtle
- Amboina Box Turtle
- Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtle
- Radiated Tortoise
- Elongated Tortoise
- Ploughshare Tortoise
- River Cooter
- Philippine Forest Turtle
- Indochinese Box Turtle
- Siamese Fighting Fish
- Goldfish
- Blobfish
- Guppy Fish
- Common Carp
- Giant Oarfish
- Nile Tilapia
- Swordfish
- Suckermouth Catfish
- Oscar Fish
- Ocean Sunfish
- Northern Pike
- Wels Catfish
- Freshwater Angelfish
- Giant Snakehead
- Blue Tang
- Common Molly
- Whale Shark
- Asian Arowana
- Zebrafish
- Mahi Mahi
- Gilt-Head Bream
- Iridescent Shark
- European Bass
- Narrow-Barred Spanish Mackerel
- Barramundi
- Humphead Wrasse
- Rainbow Trout
- Striped Bass
- Silver Pomfret
- Bluegill
- Candiru
- Bluefish
- Mandarinfish
- Neon Tetra
- Greater Amberjack
- Giant Trevally
- Chum Salmon
- Spiny Dogfish
- Cobia Fish
- Basa Fish
- Megalodon
- Garfish
- Angler
- Ocellaris Clownfish
- Japanese Sea Bass
- Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
- European Hornet
- Bee
- Honey Bee
- Mosquito
- Spider
- Dumeril’s Boa
- Texas Rat Snake
- Black Mamba
- Blood Python
- Burmese Python
- Bushmaster
- Cape Cobra
- Eyelash Viper
- Fox Snake
- King Cobra
- Adder
- Aesculapian Snake
- Baird’s Rat Snake
- Kingsnake
- Copperhead
- Cottonmouth
- Dwarf Crocodile
- Black Caiman
- Spectacled Caiman
- Morelet’s Crocodile
- New Guinea Crocodile
- Siamese Crocodile
- Cuban Crocodile
- West African Crocodile
- Cuvier’s Dwarf Caiman
- Orinoco Crocodile
- Philippine Crocodile
- False Gharial
- Chinese Alligator
- Yacare Caiman
- Borneo Crocodile
- Common Blue Damselfly
- Dragonfly
- Southern Hawker
- Green Darner
- Brown Hawker
- Northern Emerald
- Large Red Damselfly
- Four-Spotted Chaser
- Common Darter
- Blue Dasher
- Black Darter
- Scarlet Dragonfly
- Small Red Damselfly
- Ruddy Darter
- Emerald Spreadwing
- American Rubyspot
- Scarce Chaser
- Widow Skimmer
- Treeline Emerald
What Are Cold Blooded Animals?
Cold blooded animals are also known as poikilothermic animals. These animals don’t have a constant body temperature since their body temperature tends to change according to their surrounding environment.
Thus, they are incapable of regulating their internal body temperature. Cold blooded animals depend on their environmental temperatures for all their metabolic activities.
Differences between Warm Blooded and Cold Blooded Animals
Below are some of the main differences between cold blooded and warm blooded animals
- Cold blooded animals cannot regulate their body temperatures whereas warm blooded animals are able to control their body temperature.
- Cold blooded animals are known as poikilothermic animals whereas warm blooded animals are known as homeothermic animals.
- Cold blooded animals depend on their environmental temperatures for all their metabolic activities whereas warm blooded animals don’t.
- Cold blooded animals are incapable of surviving in environments with extreme temperatures (very cold and very hot) whereas warm blooded animals are capable of adapting and surviving in environments with extreme temperatures.
- Cold blooded animals lack a complex high-energy organ system whereas warm-blooded animals have a high-energy complex organ system like the brain.
Cold Blooded Animals List with Facts
Tortoise
Did you know that tortoises have an organ known as the Jacobson’s organ that makes it possible for these cold-blooded animals to smell with their throats? These omnivorous animals are toothless. Instead of teeth, tortoises have sharp edges along their upper and lower jaws, which enable them to chew on food.
Snake
Were you aware that snakes lack eyelids? There are over 3,500 snake species in the world. Only 600 snake species are poisonous. These carnivorous snakes have an average lifespan of 20-30 years.
Spider
There are over 45,000 spider species known to man. Out of the total, only 30 species are poisonous, with the Brazilian wandering spider being the most venomous in the world. Spiders belong to the Arachnid family.
The average lifespan of most spiders is 1 to 2 years; however, some have been known to live for more than 20 years in captivity. All spiders produce silk from their internal glands but not all spiders spin webs. These predatory animals, especially female spiders, are notorious cannibals.
Alligator
Did you know that Alligator’s gender is determined by temperature? These nocturnal animals, which cannot survive in salty waters, are known to be opportunistic predators feeding mainly on fish, birds, mammals, and amphibians.
However, recent research conducted has shown that alligators also deliberately snack on fruits and vegetables. Alligators are polyphyodonty; that is, their teeth are replaced continuously during their lifetime.
Komodo Dragon
Did you know that Komodo dragons are prolific swimmers despite spending most of their life on land? These scavengers with an average lifespan of 50 years have the ability to reproduce asexually. The venomous reptiles can consume 80% of their total body weight in one sitting.
Cold blooded animals are animals that depend on their external temperatures to regulate their internal temperature. Snakes, frogs, lizards, crocodiles and fish are some of the examples of cold blooded animals.
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