iThis type of snake nject poison through two small fangs that act like hypodermic needles.
What is an elapid?
100
Snakes use this for both hunting and for hiding.
What is camouflage?
200
They have a domed carapace so they can retract their head, legs and tail as a means of protection from predators.
What are tortoises?
200
Chameleons live on this continent.
What is Africa?
200
Most common snakes move in this manner which results in the snakes S-shaped path
What is lateral undulations?
200
This type of snake inject venom through large front fangs
What is a viper?
200
Females lay eggs that hatch outside the body.
What is oviparous?
300
The forelimbs of marine turtles have evolved into these.
What are flippers?
300
The ability of lizards to escape from predators by losing parts!!!.
What is autotomy?
300
When the snake applies muscular force on its belly and the scales on the belly catch the rough surface, the body relaxes and moves forward a bit.
What is rectilinear motion?
300
There are three groups of vipers in North America
What are rattlesnakes, water moccasins and copperheads?
300
The female carries the eggs in her body through their development and the young are born live.
What is ovoviviparous?
400
A group of fish-eating crocodilians with extremely long noses and slender snouts
What are gavials?
400
The largest lizard>
What is the Komodo Dragon?
400
The tongue transfers these chemicals to two pits in the snakes mouth.
What are the Jacobson's organ?
400
Proteins that attack the circulatory system, destroy red blood cells and disrupt the clotting power of blood
What are hemotoxins?
400
The scales on the belly of a snake
What are scutes?
500
There are distinguishing characteristic in this Order Squamata?
What are a hinged upper jaw that is loosely joined to the skull, they shed their skin and he males of this Order have hemipenes?
500
This lizards tail will shatter when grasped by their predators
What is the glass lizard?
500
These snakes wrap their bodies around prey to squeeze and kill it!
What are constrictors?
500
Work on the nervous system. Disrupting the nerve pathways is dangerous to respiratory and heart functions
What are neurotoxins?
500
Adaptations the crocodilians have to a carnivorous feeding behaviour.
What are eyes and nostrils on the top of their heads and have a valve at the back of their mouth that prevents water from entering the air passages when the crocodile feeds underwater?