Contents

1. Introduction to Class - Reptilia

1. Salient Features of Class Reptilia with one Examples

2. Venomous and Non-venomous Snakes – Cobra, Russell’s Viper, Rat Snake, Grass Snake

3. Snake Venom, Symptoms, Effect and Cure of Snake Bite, First Aid Treatment of Snakebite

3.1 Snake Venom

3.2 Symptoms and Effects of Venom and Snakebite

4. Desert Adaptation in Reptiles

2. Introduction to Class - Aves

1. Salient Features of Class Aves with Two Examples

2. Flight Adaptations in Birds

3. Type of Feet and Beaks in Birds

4. Migration in Birds

3. Introduction to Class - Mammalia

1. Salient Features of Class Mammalia with Two Examples

2. Egg Laying Mammals (Monotremes)

3. Adaptations of Aquatic Mammals

4. Flying Adaptations in Mammals

5. Cursorial and Fossorial Adaptations in Mammals

4. Study of Rat

1. Introduction to Rat (Rattus rattus)

2. External Features of Rat

3 Digestive System, Food and Feeding of Rat

3.1 Digestive System of Rat

3.2 Food and Feeding of Rat

4. Respiratory System of Rat

5. Blood Vascular System: Structure of Heart

6. Nervous System of Rat: Central Nervous System Only

7. Sense Organs – Structure and Functions of Eye and Ear

8. Reproductive System of Rat