herp quiz 3

Question 1

buccal region expanding =

Answer 1

negative pressure

Question 2

buccal region contracting =

Answer 2

positive pressure

Question 2

what does the spiral valve do?

Answer 2

diverts blood with different oxygen content to parts of the body

Question 3

give examples of cutaneous repsiration in amphibians

Answer 3

baggy skin & skin folds

Question 4

lizards can breathe when they run (t/f)

Answer 4

false - they cannot so gular pumping helps them get air into their lungs

Question 5

what makes frog have adhesion properties?

Answer 5

toe disk

Question 6

what type of toe pads do geckos have?

Answer 6

sensor pads

Question 7

what is a way lizards can run?

Answer 7

bipedally

Question 8

who is the star of running bipedally?

Answer 8

lizard named basilik

Question 9

what are the 3 ways snakes use locomotion?

Answer 9

a. undulatory - lateral
b. rectilinear - straight
c. sidewinding - diagnol
d. concertina - used when in tunnels

Question 10

which is the fastest mode of locomotion for snakes?

Answer 10

sidewining

Question 11

what is the most common locomotion for snakes?

Answer 11

undulatory

Question 12

what are the dif potions frogs do to reproduce?

Answer 12

Inguinal = waiste
cephalic = jaw
axillary = front legs

Question 13

what is kleptogensis?

Answer 13

females steal genome from other species

Question 14

describe unisexual amystoma

Answer 14

can be various , dipoloid, triploid, etc. triploid most common
- hybrids (formed with 5 other dif species)
- all females
- produces eggs as gametes

Question 15

describe jeffer amybstoma

Answer 15

produces egg and sperm as gametes
- pure species
- gametes are haploid

Question 16

describe lateral ambystoma

Answer 16

• diploid population
• pure species
• gametes are haploid
• produces egg and sperm as gametes

Question 17

what type of salamnder cannot be a donor?

Answer 17

spotted salamander

Question 18

male australian lizards are about 80% _____?

Answer 18

monogamous

Question 19

when snakes trying to find someone to mate with their can exhibit ____ behavior

Answer 19

combat

Question 20

define lekking behavior of lizards

Answer 20

lek is an area in which two or more males of a species perform courtship displays

Question 21

what are the 3 side botched color of lizards?

Answer 21

blue - small territory with one female
orange - aggressive w/ many females
yellow - no territory but sneak mating

Question 22

describe flying frog

Answer 22

wallace collected first specimen
- malay peninsula
- black webbing name

Question 23

describe red ear slider

Answer 23

• not native to nj but we have it
• invasive
• ranked as worlds worst invaders
• worldwide distribution

Question 24

describe ball python

Answer 24

• smallest of African pythons
• distrubtion is west Africa sub suharan
• do not shiver
• labial pit organs (used to detect endothermic prey)
• anal spurs

Question 25

name and the describe the 3 herpetologist

Answer 25

shaw
- discovered platypus
- botanist and zoologist

aggensiz
- trachymus genus named after him
- did not believe in evolution\
- believed in devine creation

wallace
- coauthored with Darwin
- founded of wallace tree frog