Common Characteristics
Tough, dry scales
What is the outer covering of a reptile?
Four
How many membranes in a developing egg?
Deaf
What are snakes?
World's largest lizard
What is the komodo lizard?
In the water
Where do turtles live?
Thick blunt noses
What does an alligator have?
Dinosaurs are part of the class
What is class Reptilia?
Term for cold blooded
What is ectothermic?
Contains the yolk
What is the yolk sac?
Scutes
What are the special scales on a snakes abdomen?
Small, changes color
What is a chameleon?
Beaks
What do turtles/tortoises use to tear their food?
Alligators and crocodiles
What are the members of the Order Crocodilia?
Armored plates on its back, and a spiked tail for defense
What is a Stegosaurus?
Breathe with these throughout a reptiles lifetime
What are lungs?
Egg white
What is a common name for albumen?
Tight “S” shape
What is a way for a snake to move?
Able to stick to smooth surfaces such as glass
What is a gecko?
Largest member in the order Testudines
What is the leatherback sea turtle?
When they close their mouths, their lower teeth are visible.
What is a crocodile?
“terrible lizard”
What does the word dinosaur mean?
Three
How many chambers in a reptiles heart?
a fluid filled sac around the embryo
What is the amnion?
Jacobson’s organ
What organ is used for a snake to "smell" with its tongue?
Poisonous lizard in the United States
What is a gila monster?
Can weigh over 500 pounds
What is the giant tortoise?
30 feet long and weigh up to 3,000 pounds!
What is the Australian saltwater crocodile?
They have a shell or frill at the back of the skull.
What is a Triceratops?
Prevent water loss
What are scales?
Third eye
What does a tuatara have that other reptiles do not have?
Nostril location
What is the area between the eyes and the front tip of the head?
Squirts blood through its eyes at its attacker
What is a horned toad lizard?
“trap doors”
What are the flaps on a shell to cover the head and legs for protection?
2 weeks
How long does it take to develop an alligator?
Its 6-inch teeth and 8-inch hind claws made it a fierce carnivorous predator.
What is a Tyrannosaurus?
A shelled, water-retaining egg
What is an amniotic egg?
Part of an egg that is full of chemicals that inhibit the growth of those pathogens.
What is the egg white (albumen)?
“Constrictors”
What do we call snakes that squeezes theri prey to death?
Currently being tested as a possible treatment for diabetes.
What is the venom of the gila monster?
Partially divided
What is the septum in the ventricle of the heart?
Peeping noise
What sound lets the mother alligator know that her eggs have hatched?
Pteranodon
What is a flying extinct reptile?