crocs and turts

Question 1

turtles characteristics

Answer 1

keratinized beak, 1 occipital condyle, shell (ribs)

Question 2

osteoderms

Answer 2

bony plates of shells

Question 3

scutes

Answer 3

keratinized covering on shell

Question 4

turtle heart plan

Answer 4

septated ventricle w a shunt for diving

Question 5

id male turtle

Answer 5

concave plastron (mating)

Question 6

suborder pleurodira

Answer 6

side-neck turtles. pelvic girdle is attached to plastron giving them a worse back leg walk on land. 104 spp, aquatic

Question 7

suborder cryptodira

Answer 7

most turtles. retract neck sagittally

Question 8

chelidae

Answer 8

family in pleurodira. inc the mata mata (the only one we have). webbed feet, MASSSIve weird head (looks like a cryptobranchid tbh)

Question 9

trionychidae

Answer 9

soft-shell turtles

Question 10

kinosternidae

Answer 10

mud and musk turtles. hinge like 2/3rds up body, have chin barbels.

Question 11

chelydridae

Answer 11

snapping turtles. reduced plastron, cannot fully retract head and limbs

Question 12

dermochelyidae

Answer 12

leatherbacks. very large, no scutes. we have a piece of its shell (no specimens)

Question 13

cheloniidae

Answer 13

sea turtles. hard shells, scutes

Question 14

emydidae

Answer 14

most turtles. includes box (hinged halfway), and sliders and terrapins

Question 15

testudinidae

Answer 15

tortoises. very scale forelimbs, terrestrial

Question 16

archosaur traits

Answer 16

antorbital fenestra

Question 17

alligatoridae

Answer 17

family of alligators and caiman. teeths all covered, babies have bottom teeth covered

Question 18

crocs order

Answer 18

crocodilia

Question 19

crocodylidae

Answer 19

4th tooth sticks out, crocs. the baby has mouth open but he does have a large 4th tooth

Question 20

gavialidae

Answer 20

2 spp. gharials. very long snout

Question 21

turtle anatomy

Answer 21

follow ur heart tbh

Question 22

turtle anatomy membrane..

Answer 22

ITS THE LUNG

Question 23

creepy gastralia

Answer 23

crocodylidae. creepy

Question 24

remember if you have a bony plate.

Answer 24

osteoderm

Question 25

family if there are ribs on the outside of a shell

Answer 25

trionychidae

Question 26

large streamlined shell

Answer 26

cheloniidae

Question 27

snake eggs

Answer 27

huge, yellow

Question 28

snake organs

Answer 28

follow the trachea to the lung, then by that theres the liver and stomach

Question 29

weird things behind genitals (snakes)

Answer 29

the kidney