Critters
Anatomy
Behavior
Miscellaneous
Reptiles
100
The most land adapted Anuran
What is the Toad?
100
The largest organ in the upper body cavity of the Frog
What is the Liver?
100
All amphibians return to water at least to do this:
What is to lay eggs; reproduce?
100
Ichthyology involves studying this animal group
What are Fish?
100
Elapids and viparids are forms of this type of snake
What is Venomous?
200
The most water adapted Anuran
What is the Bullfrog?
200
Along with the Liver, these abdominal structures provide nutrition for the long winter
What are the Fat Bodies?
200
The common name for Pokilothermy
What is 'cold blooded'?
200
Amphibians and Reptiles are studied by this branch of science.
What is Herpetology?
200
There are only two poisonous snake species in CT. Name one.
What is the Timber Rattlesnake or the Copperhead.
300
The toad has hallucinogenic toxins in it's skin
What is the Cane Toad?
300
The pylorus links these two digestive structures
What is the Stomach and Intestines?
300
Brumation is often synonymous with this more common term
What is Hibernation?
300
The rise of the Reptiles began this geologic era, about 250 mya.
What is the Mesozoic Era?
300
This ovoviparous snake is very common in CT; the 'gardeners friend'.
What is the Garter Snake?
400
Hard to catch this most common Urodelan by its tail...it can fall off!
What is the Salamander?
400
Attached to the liver, this sac stores bile for digestion
What is the Gall Bladder?
400
The condition an amphibian is said to be in when hibernating.
What is Torpor?
400
The Cretaceous Extinction led to the widespread demise of this group.
What are the Dinosaurs?
400
This brightly colored elapid of SE US is mimicked in nature by the harmless King Scarlet.
What is the Coral Snake?
500
This amphibian actually has both gills and lungs
What is the Mudpuppy?
500
All internal organs are held in place by this 'saran wrap' tissue
What is Mesentary?
500
A shortened version of hibernation that some amphibians enter due to extreme heat and/or drought
What is Estivation?
500
The 'holdover from the past'; this prehistoric reptile still lives in New Zealand
What is the Tuatara?
500
The largest species of lizard
What is the Komodo Dragon?
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