Animals in Lair Flashcards
Boelen’s Python
- mountains of new guinea
- found on forest floor
- climb trees
- over 8 ft long
- eat small mammals and ground birds
- egg laid w 9-14 eggs in clutch
Magnificent Tree Frog
- western Australia
- 4.1-4.2 inches
- bright green to olive green
- white dots on back and underside of feet
- legs bright yellow
- large poison gland whole top of head/droops down to their eyes
- poison doesn’t affect humans
- poison prevents bird eating them
- nocturnal
- eat insects
- lifespan 20 years
Iranian Harlequin Newt
•live in water and mountains of Iran •3 1/2-5 1/2 long •6-8 years in captivity •eat worms -eat flies -eat crickets CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
Poison Dart Frog
•central and south america
•humid, tropical and tropical rainforests
• 1/2-2 1/2 in long
-10+ years captivity
-brightly colored=warn predators not good to eat
-eggs laid in moist places
-egg hatches=adult piggybacks tadpoles one by one into water
-tadpoles stay until frogs
-fed unfertilized eggs from mom
-eat spiders small insects
-capture food by long sticky tongue
Western Toad
•western North America
•southern Alaska-
•Northern Baja CA in forests and meadows open water for breeding
•gray to green colored
-light colored stripe down middle of back
-walk
-17,000 eggs laid in strings for vege. in open water
-metamorphosis done 3 months
-tadpoles preyed by fish, reptiles, and birds
BUT produce skin toxins and avoided by predators
Live 9-11 years
European Nose-Horned Viper
- rocky,dry habits in Austria, Italy, the Balkan region, and Turkey
- single horn(9-17 scales in 2 transverse rows on snout)
- horn soft and flexible
- grey to yellowish brown
- females less pattern
- males have dark blotch or V on the back of head
- ovoviviparous
- 4 to 15 young born
- eats small mammals and birds- other snakes
- threatened
- venom neurotoxic and hemotoxic
Temple Vipers
native to southeast Asia sexually dimorphic females over 36 inches long males not longer than 30 inches large triangular head thin body wide amount of colors and patterns arboreal tail can grasp to help w climbing nocturnal motionless for long times waiting for prey when prey comes strike quickly eat rodents, birds, and lizards venomous
Green Tree Python
live in rain forests, bushes, shrubs, and trees
Indonesia, New Guinea, and northeastern Australia
threatened by skin trade and habitat destruction
loop coil or two over the branches in saddle position and place head in the middle
prey caught by holding onto branch with grasping tail and striking out from S-shaped position
constricts prey
eat small mammals-rodents, and reptiles
zoo eat small rats and baby chicks
Giant Day Gecko
live in madagascar life span 10-20 years bright green with red and orange spots 9-12 inches long tail can break off to escape predators tail regrows but doesn't look same eat insects, fruit, and flower nectar
Chinese Giant Salamander
live in streams and lakes in China life span of 50+ years largest amphibian length 4 feet weight 55-66 pounds rarely swim-like to walk at bottom of stream eat fish, worms, frogs, toads, small mammals critically endangered
Mossy Leaf Tailed Gecko
live in forests of Madagascar
camouflage to resemble tree bark
6-8 inches long
eat insects, snails, slugs, and spiders
Black Tailed Horned Viper
live on grounds of southern mexico 15-20 inches long deep pit between eye and nose pits open to pair of sensitive organs= help snake judge the size of the small warm-blooded prey to eat venomous
Rowleys Palm Viper
live in trees of the forests of southern Mexico grasping/prehensile tail 8-11 1/2 inches long eat arboreal frogs and small mammals one of the rarest snakes in the world
Armenian Viper
Armenia, Turkey, Iran- dry, sparsely vegetated rocky slopes at high elevations
dark grey, grey-brown, black
blotches on back yellow, yellow-orange, brown-orange, red
back of head has two teardrops shaped black spots
31 to 39 inches long
give birth to live young
eat small rodents, grasshoppers, lizards, and ground nesting birds
venomous
Bushmaster
heavily forested jungles of south america and central america largest venomous snake in the New World over 6 ft long long folding fangs that penetrate deeply eat rodents grab and hold onto prey and inject prey w venom lay 8-15 eggs guard nest until the eggs hatch
Mangshan Pit Viper
live in mountains of China weigh 6-11 pounds 7 feet long last 4 inches of tail white=lure female lays 20-27 eggs guards nest until eggs hatch younger lighter green in color hiss when agitated eat insects, mammals, and frogs endangered venomous
Shingleback Skink
native to arid and semiarid of Australia bodies heavily armored tongues bright blue short, wide, stumpy tails tails have fat reserves= used in winter tail looks like head omnivores eat snails and plants spend a lot of time looking through plants for food birth broods to one to four large offspring young consume afterbirth stay with parents for months after leaving-stay nearby and form colonies of related skinks
Rough Scaled Phython
arboreal Australia rocky valleys where they climb on low trees and shrubs grow over 6 ft long forward directed eyes=binocular vision change from darker brown and cream in day pale ghost like brown scales rough-keel/ridge running
Cantil
forests and savannas of Mexico and Central America
like bordering rivers and streams
heavily bodied
2 ft in length
hinged, hollow fangs grow over one cm in length
young green or yellow tail tips used to lure prey
birth to live young
West African Green Mamba
trees in forests of west Africa 5 1/2 - 6 ft long eat birds, bird eggs, and small mammals 6-17 eggs laid in hollow tree on decaying vegetation shy and non-aggressive venomous
Fiji Island Banded Iguana
trees in Fiji and Tonga islands 24 inches long skin sensitive to light change skin color to match the background eat leaves, fruit, and shrubs critically endangered
Gaboon Viper
African Rainforest
3-6 ft long
10-15 years wild
body patterend shades of black, brown, tan, purple, white, and pink
camo on the floor
hunt by ambush
eat rats, mice, swuirrels, birds, larger mammals
give live birth
50 babies every 3 years
fangs folding
bite one of the deadly in the world
inject huge amounts of venom to kill small prey
larger prey run die later and tracked down by scent
Matamata Turtle
muddy, stagnant, shallow pools streams of Amazon river in south america ambush prey 27 lbs shells 18 in long long flat necks broad, triangular head covered w ridges, warts, flaps of skin mouth wide to swallow food whole eat fish, freshwater invertebrates, small mammals, birds in water
Lance-headed Rattlesnake
grasslands, forests, and rocky outcrops in south central mexico
share burrows w gopher tortosies
1 1/2 - 6 ft long
eat amphibians, reptiles, insects, small mammmals
Mexican Beaded Lizard
mexico and Guatemala 2-3 ft long black w yellow bands and beaded scales dont have fangs teeth and chew venom into victim tails store fat go long periods without eating eat birds, eggs, small rodents, and rabbits
