Fish scales are hardened by this substance.
What is bone?
This is the largest known fish.
What is the whale shark?
This is the longest living animal.
What is a tortoise?
This is the largest living lizard.
What is the Komodo dragon?
This is the largest snake in the world.
What is the anaconda?
Bony fish can stay suspended in water due to this gas-filled organ.
What is a swim bladder?
Shark eggs are laid inside of this protective case.
What is a mermaid’s purse?
These are common fresh-water turtles that live in muddy water and eat fish, birds, and insects.
What are snapping turtles?
This group of reptiles is known for providing parental care for their young.
What are crocodilians?
This group of snakes includes the world’s smallest snakes.
What are blind snakes?
This is a fish’s hard, movable gill cover.
What is the operculum?
This is the only shark that comes to the surface to gulp air.
What is the sand tiger shark?
This is a turtle’s upper shell, which covers it’s back.
What is the carapace?
This crocodilian has a narrow snout and a tooth that is visible when the jaw is closed.
What is a crocodile?
These North American elapids are known for their distinctive color pattern that has red bands bordering yellow bands.
What is a coral snake?
This type of fin is made of bone and is surrounded by muscle.
What are lobed fins?
A shark’s tooth-like placoid scales are called this.
What are denticles?
The “squares” of a turtle’s shell are called this.
What are scutes?
This lizard-like reptile has a parietal eye. ?
What is a tuatara
This group of snakes squeeze prey until it dies.
What are constrictors?
This type of fin has spines supported by webs of skin.
What are ray fins?
These are the breathing openings that sharks and rays have behind their eyes.
What are spiracles?
This is the lower part of the turtle shell which covers the abdomen.
What is the plastron?
This extinct, reptile-like aquatic animal looked very much like a dolphin.
What is Ichthyosaurus?
This common family of venomous snakes have immovable fangs.
What are elapids?