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The characteristics of class Reptilia are:
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- Body covered with dry and cornified skin, scales over the body are epidermal, they do not have external ears
- Body covered with moist skin which is devoid of scales, the ear is represented by a tympanum, alimentary canal, urinary and reproductive tracts open into a common cloaca
- Fresh water animals with bony endoskeleton, air-bladder to regulate buoyancy
- Marine animals with cartilaginous endoskeleton, body covered with placoid scales
Correct Option: A
In option (a), all the characteristics belong to class Reptilia. In options (b), (c) and (d) the characteristics belong to the classes Amphibia, Osteichthyes and Chondrichthyes respectively.