A member of the platinum group of metals which, unsurprisingly, includes platinum, rhodium is most commonly found mixed with other platinum group metals. This makes it difficult to extract, which can only increase its value.
What is a reptile? Reptiles are animals that are cold-blooded. Most reptiles lay eggs and their skin is covered with hard, dry scales. What does cold-blooded mean? Animals that are cold-blooded don't automatically maintain a constant body temperature. They have to lay out in the sun to keep their body heat up.
Reptiles are vertebrates (with a backbone), which can breathe air and are cold-blooded (cannot regulate body temperature). They are considered as tetrapods (with four legs or leg-like appendages), even though legs are absent in some of these animals, like snakes.ost of them are tetrapods, with four legs or leg-like appendages. It is believed that reptiles started evolving around 330 million years ago and developed many abilities. They are considered as the first animals on land with the ability to live and multiply on land, with the help of their amniotic eggs.