Reptiles have thick,scaly skin that helps conserve moisture inside their bodies,an essential feature that helps them survive not only on land,but in dry,desert areas as well.The skin is waterproof.Reptiles also tend to have efficient excretory systems,removing as much moisture as possible before releasing waste.This typically leads to firm feces and highly concentrated urine.Kidneys concentrates the urine so that the reptiles lose very little water.They depend on their surrounding environment to control their body temperature.Reptiles shows behavioral adaptations to regulate body temperature,such as lying in sunny places to warm up and finding shady spots or going underground to cool down. Reptiles reproduce sexually through internal fertilization;some species are ovoviviparous(lay eggs) and others are viviparous.Laying eggs that can survive on land is a major adaptation allowing reptiles to live away from aquatic environments.Amphibians tend to lay soft,gelatinous eggs,and most use forms of external fertilization.Such eggs will not survive the dry conditions found on land.Whereas reptiles lay eggs covered in a thick,leathery coating or hard calcium shells after using internal fertilization to create viable eggs.Some reptiles deliver live babies,carrying the eggs inside their bodies until the babies are ready to be born. Solution Reptiles have thick,scaly skin that helps conserve moisture inside their bodies,an essential feature that helps them survive not only on land,but in dry,desert areas as well.The skin is waterproof.Reptiles also tend to have efficient excretory systems,removing as much moisture as possible before releasing waste.This typically leads to firm feces and highly concentrated urine.Kidneys concentrates the urine so that the reptiles lose very little water.They depend on their surrounding environment to control their body temperature.Reptiles shows behavioral adaptations to regulate body temperature,such as lying in sunny places to warm up and finding shady spots or going underground to cool down. Reptiles reproduce sexually through internal fertilization;some species are ovoviviparous(lay eggs) and others are viviparous.Laying eggs that can survive on land is a major adaptation allowing reptiles to live away from aquatic environments.Amphibians tend to lay soft,gelatinous eggs,and most use forms of external fertilization.Such eggs will not survive the dry conditions found on land.Whereas reptiles lay eggs covered in a thick,leathery coating or hard calcium shells after using internal fertilization to create viable eggs.Some reptiles deliver live babies,carrying the eggs inside their bodies until the babies are ready to be born..