Vocabulary
Order Name
Characteristics of Amphibians
Characteristics of Reptiles
Husbandry
100
The study of reptiles and amphibians.
What is herpetology?
100
This is the reptile order for snakes and lizards.
What is squamata?
100
The surface of an eye of a frog is protected by this.
What is a nictitating membrane?
100
Snakes kill their prey by using these two things.
What is venom and constriction?
100
This term describes a reptile or amphibian that only eats plant matter.
What is herbivore?
200
The captive husbandry and breeding of reptiles and amphibians.
What is herpetoculture?
200
This is the order name for turtles and tortoises.
What is chelonia?
200
This allows for amphibians to hear.
What is a tympanic membrane?
200
When these are laid they are described as soft and leathery.
What is reptile eggs?
200
This type of worm is better to feed to reptiles than meal worms.
What is wax worms?
300
A reptile or amphibian that eats only meat is classified as this.
What is a carnivore?
300
This is the order name for salamanders.
What is caudata?
300
This is a mass of poison secreting cells used by salamanders as a defense.
What is the paratoid gland?
300
Most reptiles have this kind of heart.
What is a 3-chambered heart?
300
When building a habitat for a tree snake, the snake's cage should have one of these present.
What is a branch?
400
Term used to describe when eggs are retained inside the mother and hatch inside the mother.
What is ovovivipary?
400
This is the order name for frogs and toads.
What is anura?
400
This is a condition in which larval characteristics are retained throughout an amphibian's life.
What is neoteny?
400
One way to determine the sex of a snake with some degree of certainty is by using this method.
What is probing?
400
Aquatic amphibians may need this in order to keep their water clean.
What is a water filter?
500
This term is used to describe an organism that controls its body temperature based on the environment.
What is ectothermic?
500
The tuatara is the only reptile in this order.
What is rhynocephalia?
500
This order of amphibians lacks a tympanic membrane.
500
This is the olfactory organ in amphibians and reptiles.
What is the Jacobsen organ?
500
When setting up a reptile cage you need a hot spot and a cold spot in order to create this.
What is a temperature gradient?
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