Amphibians
Many amphibians are characterized by their ability to breathe with this organ.
What is their skin?
The largest extant reptile in the world.
What is the Estuarine/Saltwater Crocodile
Birds are most closely related to this group of traditionally non-avian dinosaurs
What are deinonychosaurs (dromaeosaurs, troodontids, "raptors")?
Capybara, Porcupines, Naked Mole Rats, Agoutis, Chinchillas, are a few examples of this rodent clade.
What is Hystricomorpha (cavies)?
Marbled salamanders are the state salamander in this east coast state.
What is North Carloina?
The scientific names of frogs and salamanders refer to the presence and absence of this feature.
What are tails?
Why is the plumed basilisk called the jesus christ lizard?
It runs on water
Galloanserae is the early-diverging group of birds made up of these two orders.
What are waterfowl (ducks, geese, swans) and landfowl (pheasants, partridges, etc.)
Which of these is a monophyletic group?
a. Antelope
b. Monkeys
c. Weasels
d. Pachyderms
C. weasels - they all belong to the species Mustela
The US is home to this, the disputed largest corvid in the world (also found in Europe and Asia)
What is the common raven?
This frog is the most common amphibians found in zoos.
What is the dyeing poison frog/blue poison dart frog?
The type species for the turtle family Emydidae is the only member of the family to live entirely outside of this continent.
What is North America?
Widowbirds are famed for this large body part.
What is a tail?
Jaguars are among the only living animals to use this unusual killing method.
Biting directly through the skull and into the brain
Unlike eurasian robins, american robins belong to this bird family.
What are thrushes (turdids)?
The largest salamanders in the world belong to this family, named for their lack of gills.
What is Cryptobranchidae?
What distinctive archosaur skull feature has been lost in crocodilians?
What is an antorbital fenestra?
This corvid is named after Margaret
What is a magpie?
Unlike other kangaroos, tree kangaroos primarily use this organ for fermentation.
What is their stomach?
The great horned owl is the only natural predator of this native mammal.
What is the striped skunk?
Typhlonectidae is the family of caecilians with this unique lifestyle.
What is being fully aquatic?
What snake species is responsible for the most human fatalaties yearly?
Saw-scaled viper (lives in highly populatled regions, very little cure).
A standardwing refers to what in a bird?
A single ludicrously elongated wing feather
Name two different venemous mammals
What are Solenodon, certain shrews, platypus, or slow loris.
Name the two species of pheasants native to New England.
What are Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) and Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus)?