Under Orders
This word comes from the Latin word meaning "creeping."
What is "reptile?"
A reptile with scutes and a shell that spends almost all its life on land.
What is a tortoise?
The food source for the embryo inside an egg.
What is the yolk?
Keratin structures produced by the epidermis that overlap and lie on the surface of the skin.
What are scales?
The most common members of this order are crocodiles and alligators.
What is Crocodilia?
A reptile covered in scales that kills its prey by suffocation.
What is a constrictor?
Contains water and protein and acts as a "shock absorber" to cushion the embryo.
What is the albumen?
Bone-likes structures produced by the dermis that do not overlap and lie on the surface of the skin.
What are scutes?
Breathe only with their lungs.
What is reptile?
Lizards and snakes make up this reptilian order.
What is Squamata?
What is a snake?
The outer membrane of an egg that is involved in gas exchange with the environment.
What is the chorion?
These Squamata members have eyelids and external ears.
What are lizards?
Go through metamorphosis as they grow.
What are amphibians?
Turtles, tortoises, and terrapins, oh my!
What is Order Testudines?
These reptiles have no teeth and live primarily in water. They have webbed feet or flippers to help them swim.
What are turtles?
The inner membrane of an egg that contains fluid to provide protection for the embryo.
What is the amnion?
The upper and lower portions of a turtle's shell.
What are the carapace and plastron?
Lay leathery amnionic eggs on land.
What is a reptile?
The only living member of this order are the tuataras.
What is the Order Sphenodontia?
This reptile has spines down its back and tail, have two rows of teeth in their upper jaw, and one row in their bottom jaw.
What are tuataras?
The membrane of an egg that stores wastes from the embryo and facilitates respiration.
What is the allantois?
This organ in a snake's mouth that allows it to analyze chemicals in the environment.
What is the Jacobson's organ?
Ectothermic vertebrates with waterproof skin.
What are reptiles?