cold blooded vetabrates Flashcards
Vertebrates
an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
Endotherms
an animal that is dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat; a warm-blooded animal.
Ectotherms
an animal that is dependent on external sources of body heat.
Lateral Line
a visible line along the side of a fish consisting of a series of sense organs that detect pressure and vibration.
Gills
the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx.
Jawless Fishes
lamprey and hagfish
Cartilaginous Fishes
shark ,batoids, chimaera
Bony Fishes
catfish, lungfish, tuna
Swim Bladder
The swim bladder, gas bladder, fish maw or air bladder is an internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish
Amphibians
Amphibians are ectothermic, tetrapod vertebrates of the class Amphibia. Modern amphibians are all Lissamphibia
Lungs
each of the pair of organs situated within the rib cage, consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn, so that oxygen can pass into the blood and carbon dioxide be removed
Tadpole
A tadpole (also called a pollywog) is the larval stage in the life cycle of an amphibian, particularly that of a frog or toad.
Metamorphosis
a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one, by natural or supernatural means.
Caecilians
Caecilians are a group of limbless, serpentine amphibians
Salamanders
Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by a lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs
Frogs
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians
Toads
Toad is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs,
Reptiles
Reptiles are tetrapod animals in the class Reptilia, comprising today’s turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and their extinct relatives
Amniotic Eggs
Amniotes are a clade of tetrapod vertebrates comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals
Turtles
Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines characterized by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs and acting as a shield.
Tortoises
Tortoises are a family, Testudinidae, of land-dwelling reptiles in the order Testudines. Tortoises are shielded from predators by a shell.
Crocodiles
Crocodiles or true crocodiles are large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.
Alligators
An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. The two living species are the American alligator and the Chinese alligator
Snakes
Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.
LIzards
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.
Tuataras
Tuatara are reptiles endemic to New Zealand. Although resembling most lizards, they are part of a distinct lineage, the order Rhynchocephalia.