reptiles
kingdom?
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Subphylum
Crustacea
Class
Crustacea
Direct/Indirect development?
Indirect
What is bile?
emulsify fats and lipids
What kind of coelom do crayfish have?
The crustacean coelom
How do crayfish reproduce?
crayfish mate in the autumn and lay eggs in the spring
What kind of skeleton do crayfish have?
Exoskeleton
What is molting?
Shedding
What is cephalization
the concentration of sense organs, nervous control, etc., at the anterior end of the body, forming a head and brain, both during evolution and in the course of an embryo's development.
JACOBSON’S ORGAN
sense organ in the mouth of a snake used to detect odors
ALVEOLI
Ventral “tummy” shell in a turtle
PLASTRON
Domed dorsal shell in a turtle
Where does a person look to determine the age of a turtle?
the shell
Reptiles excrete their nitrogen waste in the form of
uric acid diluted with water as urine
Gas exchange in reptiles takes place with
lungs
An example of a constrictor is a
One way turtles are different from other reptiles is that turtles have NO
Chelonia
former term for Testudines
lineage
lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.
herpetologist
One who studies reptiles and amphibians
grueling
extremely tiring and demanding.
hybrid
AMNION
the innermost membrane that encloses the embryo of a mammal, bird, or reptile.