UK Reptiles and Amphibians
Identify and record Britain's native reptiles and amphibians, and understand how they're protected.
- Level
- Beginner
- Study time
- TBC
- Modules
- 0
- Lessons
- 0
- Assessment
- Module quizzes · graded certificate
- Version
- v1.0
What you'll learn
- ✓Identify the UK's native reptiles and amphibians
- ✓Describe their habitats, seasons and behaviour
- ✓Explain how UK law protects them
- ✓Survey and photograph them responsibly
- ✓Submit useful records to recording schemes
About this course
Britain has six native reptiles and seven native amphibians, from adders and sand lizards to natterjack toads and great crested newts.
This course teaches you to identify each species, where and when to look for them, how they're protected by law, the threats they face and how to report your sightings to recording schemes so they help conservation.
Cover photo: An adder. Photo: Bernard Dupont, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Course content
0 modules · 0 lessons · study time TBC
Who this course is for
- Anyone who enjoys the British countryside
- Volunteers and naturalists
- Students of ecology and animal management
Assessment & certificate
Each module ends with a quiz that is marked automatically: multiple-choice questions plus a written section where you explain what you've learned in your own words. You can take each quiz once and cannot retake it, and you'll see the correct answer to any question you got wrong.
When you've completed every module, you receive a certificate of completion with a unique verification code, graded on your average score across all the module quizzes:
- PassUp to 69%
- Merit70–79%
- Distinction80–100%
Everyone who completes every module receives a certificate.
This certificate confirms completion of an online, theory-based course and a passed online assessment. It is not an accredited qualification and does not certify practical competence.