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Dry skin with scales or scutes without glands is a characteristic of:

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Annelids
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Fishes
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Reptilia
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Amphibia
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Solution

The correct option is C Reptilia
The body of reptiles is covered by dry, cornified skin and epidermal scales. Some reptile species are protected by bony plates called scutes. Their skin doesn’t have glands .

Annelids do not have dry skin or scales on their skin surface.
Fishes are also covered by scales but the skin is slimy.
Amphibians do not have scales but they have glands on their skin.

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