Anatomy and taxo
What species is found in the family Anura?
Frogs
First state park in north Texas to open in nearly 25 years
Palo Pinto Mountains State Park
A species whose activities have a significant role in determining community structure
Keystone species
What parasite, orginally eradicated from Texas in the 1960s has been of recent concern in wildlife news?
New world screwworm
What is the most common species of Gull found on the shores of Texas?
Laughing gull
What is the name of the ventral plate of a turtle or tortoise?
Plastron
Texas Chapter will be held in Galveston, what are the 5 species of sea turtles found in Texas?
Kemp’s ridley, Green, Leatherback, Hawksbill, Loggerhead
What is the mating of one male with several females?
Polygyny
How many years of experience is required to obtain an CWB?
5
What are the 3 domains of life?
Eukarya, Bacteria, Archaea
What are the three types of foot posture expressed in mammals
Plantigrade, digitigrade, and unguligrade
State small mammal of texas and scientific name please?
Dasypus novemcintus (nine banded armadillo)
What is a trophic cascade? provide an example?
When a top predator is removed from a system there are changes that occur at lower levels of the system.
Wolves in Yellowstone
When was the Sierra Club founded? By who?
1892, John Muir
Ecogeographical rule broadly stating that animals adapted to cold climates have shorter limbs and body appendages than animals adapted to warm climates.
Allens rule
What animal has the longest gestation period? How long is it?
Elephant, 22 months
What Texas Parks and Wildlife district is galveston in?
Region 1- Coastal prairies
What is compensatory mortality?
Mortality that would’ve occured naturally anyway
The genus, Dipodomys, does not drink water. What species is included in this genus?
kangaroo rats
What is the term that describes reproduction by females without fertilization of the eggs?
Parthenogenesis
ecogeographical rule which states that within a species of endotherms, more heavily pigmented forms tend to be found in more humid environments
Gloger’s Rule
Where is the Texas state aquarium?
Corpus christi
What is CITES?
Convention of International Trade on Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora
There are 7 infectious disease agents, what are they?
Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi, Helminths, Protozoans, Arthropods, Algae
At what age does the beard on most male turkeys become visible beyond the breast feathers?
Six to seven months old.