Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
500

Snakes don't have eyelids, instead they have a transparent scale covering the eye called this

Spectacle

500

This is the name for an adult individual retaining juvenile characteristics, as seen in mudpuppies.

Paedomorphism.

500

This WV native is capable of "freezing" itself for the winter, then thawing out in the spring.

Wood frog

1000

This is the name of the "third eye" some snakes and lizards have that helps them to track day-night cycles

Parietal eye

1000

The venom of this snake is used in very early cancer therapy treatments

copperhead

1000

This is the name of the lungless salamander family

Plethodontidae

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