Reptile Stuff
Reptile Stuff #2
Reptiles
Amphibians and Stuff
Fish Stuff
Fish Stuff #2
Fish
Dinosaurs
100
upper part of a turtle shell that covers its back
bonUS bonUS (200) what is the lower part called?
carapace; plastron
100
largest living lizard
Komodo dragon
100
longest living animal
tortoise
100
larvae of frogs and toads
tadpoles
200
"squares" of a turtle's shell
scutes
200
largest snake in the world
anaconda
200
small, flat-bodied lizards with adhesive toe pads
geckos
200
group that frogs and toads belong to
anurans
200
gas-filled organ that fish use to stay suspended in the water
boNuS BoNUS boNUS: What type of fish have these? (300 points)
swim bladder; bony fish
200
protective case that shark eggs are laid inside
mermaid's purse
200
largest known fish
BONUS (what does it use to filter its food) (200pts)
what shark; cartilaginous rods/gill rakers/gills
200
(400 points total) Which crocodilian has a narrow snout with an exposed tooth when its mouth is closed?
crocodile
300
organ some vipers use to detect temperature
pit organ
300
to consume large meals, snakes have a set of _________-hinged jaws
double
300
common, freshwater turtles that live in muddy waters and eat fish, birds, and insects
snapping turtles
300
amphibians with long bodies and no limbs
caecilians
300
a fish's hard, movable gill cover
operculum
300
sperm-containing fluid released by male fish
bonuS boNUS (300 points) what is the egg stuff called?
milt; roe
300
cartilaginous fish with slime glands that help create a slippery coating around it
hagfish
300
similar to modern bats
pterosaurs
400
color-containing cells that give reptiles the ability to change color
chromatophores
400
lizard tails can often ___________, or grow back
regenerate
400
venomous snakes with folding fangs
vipers
400
salamanders are grouped into three different categories based on
bonUS boNUS boNUS: (800 POINTS) what are the three groups called? (ALL OR NOTHING!)
reproduction
400
breathing holes behind the eyes of sharks and rays
spiracles
400
a saw fish's long unusual nose
rostrum
400
walked on two legs; includes T. rex
theropods
500
medicine given for a snake bite
antivenin (NOT ANTIVENOM)
500
group of reptiles that care for their young
crocodilians
500
includes the world's smallest snakes
bonUS boNUS boNUSS (500 points) - name ALL THREE names that this group goes by
blind snakes, worm snakes, and thread snakes
500
four-legged animal
tetrapod
500
light-producing organ of a fish
photophore
500
cartilaginous fish with gill covers
chimaeras
500
herbivores with long necks
sauropods
600
the transparent eye cover of a gecko
spectacle
600
type of venom that attacks the circulatory system
BonUS bONuS boNUS: What is the other type of snake venom called AND what does it do (need both; 600)
hemotoxic venom; neurotoxic venom: attacks the nervous system
600
snakes that squeeze their prey to death
constrictors
600
lizard-like reptile with a parietal eye
tuatara
600
a shark's tooth-like placoid scales
denticles
600
what is the difference between fish scales and reptile scales?
fish scales are hardened by bone, reptile scales are hardened by keratin
600
looked like giant horned lizards with bony eyelid plates and club-like tails
ankylosaurs
700
iguanid's throat fan
dewlap
700
what is the definition of cold-blooded
controls its body temperature primarily by external means, such as moving to a new location (with more sun, etc)
700
North American elapids with red bands bordering yellow bands
coral snakes
700
why are amphibians called amphibians (meaning both life)?
most of them spend a significant part of their life cycle on land and in the water
700
electric organs designed with current-generating cells
electrocytes
700
Chondricthyes and Cyclostomata are two classes of __________ fish
cartilaginous
700
sea dwelling dinosaurs with paddle-shaped feet and long necks
plesiosaurs
800
a snake's smell organ
Jacobson's organ
800
type of snake locomotion to moves across sandy ground, supporting parts of its body while moving the rest to the side
sidewinding
800
largest group of snakes
colubrids
800
process where a caecilian grows a new layer of fat to feed its young
dermatophagy
800
fish's W-shaped bands of skeletal muscles
myomeres
800
type of fin made up of bone surrounded by muscle
lobed fin
800
only known shark to come to the surface for air to gulp air; uses its stomach as a swim bladder
sand tiger shark
800
had a bony, dome-shaped head
pachycephalosaurs
900
protective layer that surrounds the nutrient-filled egg of a reptile
amnion
900
type of movement where a snake moves in an S-shaped curve
lateral undulation
900
common family of venomous snakes with immovable fangs
elapids
900
extinct reptile-like aquatic animal that looks like a dolphin
Ichthyosaurus
