herp quiz 3 Flashcards
buccal region expanding =
negative pressure
buccal region contracting =
positive pressure
what does the spiral valve do?
diverts blood with different oxygen content to parts of the body
give examples of cutaneous repsiration in amphibians
baggy skin & skin folds
lizards can breathe when they run (t/f)
false - they cannot so gular pumping helps them get air into their lungs
what makes frog have adhesion properties?
toe disk
what type of toe pads do geckos have?
sensor pads
what is a way lizards can run?
bipedally
who is the star of running bipedally?
lizard named basilik
what are the 3 ways snakes use locomotion?
a. undulatory - lateral
b. rectilinear - straight
c. sidewinding - diagnol
d. concertina - used when in tunnels
which is the fastest mode of locomotion for snakes?
sidewining
what is the most common locomotion for snakes?
undulatory
what are the dif potions frogs do to reproduce?
Inguinal = waiste
cephalic = jaw
axillary = front legs
what is kleptogensis?
females steal genome from other species
describe unisexual amystoma
can be various , dipoloid, triploid, etc. triploid most common
- hybrids (formed with 5 other dif species)
- all females
- produces eggs as gametes
describe jeffer amybstoma
produces egg and sperm as gametes
- pure species
- gametes are haploid
describe lateral ambystoma
- diploid population
- pure species
- gametes are haploid
- produces egg and sperm as gametes
what type of salamnder cannot be a donor?
spotted salamander
male australian lizards are about 80% _____?
monogamous
when snakes trying to find someone to mate with their can exhibit ____ behavior
combat
define lekking behavior of lizards
lek is an area in which two or more males of a species perform courtship displays
what are the 3 side botched color of lizards?
blue - small territory with one female
orange - aggressive w/ many females
yellow - no territory but sneak mating
describe flying frog
wallace collected first specimen
- malay peninsula
- black webbing name
describe red ear slider
- not native to nj but we have it
- invasive
- ranked as worlds worst invaders
- worldwide distribution
describe ball python
- smallest of African pythons
- distrubtion is west Africa sub suharan
- do not shiver
- labial pit organs (used to detect endothermic prey)
- anal spurs
name and the describe the 3 herpetologist
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
