• Reptiles are true land animals having dry, scaly skin. Most lay amniotic eggs with leathery shells.
• Reptiles are ectotherms
• Early reptiles were successful because of their adaptations to living on land.
• Reptile groups include turtles and tortoises with tough shells, meat-eating crocodiles and alligators, snakes and lizards.

The popular belief that chameleons have the ability to change colors to match their surroundings is much exaggerated, if not untrue. Many other lizards can change colors just as well, and some creatures such as the sea horse, flounder, squid and octopus can actually change colors to match their surroundings better than chameleons. (Myth Information)