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Lepidosaur EVERYTHING Flashcards

1
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anapsid

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0 fenestra (turtles)

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2
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diapsid

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2 fenestrations, sauropsids/truly tuatara

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3
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synapsid

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1 fenestra (mammals

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4
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acrodont dentition

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peg-like, fused to jaw (chameleons)

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5
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pleurodont dentition

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fused to side of jawbone (iguanids)

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6
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thecodont dentition

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in sockets, archosaurs

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7
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solenoglyphy

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viperids, retractable, hollow

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proteroglyphous

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elapids and others, fixed grooved front fangs

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opisthoglyphy

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many colubrids, rear fanged

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aglyphous

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no fangs, many boas

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11
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keeled scales

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look spiky

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12
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beaded scales

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look like beads - chameleons, beaded lizards

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13
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osteoderms

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bony deposits (only heloderma)

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14
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sphenodontidae

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family of tuatara. pineal eye, diapsid skull, low kinesis

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15
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scincidae

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family in squamata. small limbs, short neck, smooth scales, MANY limb losses.

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16
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gekkonidae

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family in squamata. small, toe pads, this is basic geckos but there are 7 families

17
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cordylidae

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the pine cone looking guy, grabs its tail in defense (within skinks)

18
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xantusiidae

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night lizard. extremely beaded, smooth head and tail (skink head)

19
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teiidae

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family in squamata. whiptails, racerunners, tegu. rectangular ventral scales. forked tongues

20
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bipedidae

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family in squamata. mexican burrowing lizard, front legs only

21
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rhineuridae

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family in squamata. our family of worm lizards for this exam

22
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lacertidae

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wall lizards and true lizards he was like idk man

23
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gymnophthalimidae

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spectacled lizards. our specimen is VERY TINY.

24
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elapidae

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coral snakes etc. and the big sea snake, all of ours are striped/color blocked

25
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colubridae

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varied incredibly pls help me

26
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boidae

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boas. aglyphous, pit organ, pelvic spurs

27
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viperidae

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pit organs, we have all rattlesnakes that look really pissed off

28
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helodermatidae

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family in squamata. beaded lizards - wide body, thick tail, blunt head

29
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anguidae

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we will see a glass lizard! very smooth yay

30
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varanidae

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monitor lizards. long necks, forked tongues

31
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chameleonidae

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compressed, fused digits, acrodont

32
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iguanidae

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spikes, dewlap. includes chuckwallas

33
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leiocephalidae

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curly-tails

34
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corytophanidae

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helmeted lizards (basalisks). looks like a skinny beast with a tiny mohawk

35
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tropiduridae

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ground lizards! slash LAVA. ours looks like an iguana with no head crest

36
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dactyloidae

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anoles:)

37
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phrynisomatidae

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fence lizards, includes the horny toad

38
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crotaphytidae

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collared lizards. pleurodont, smooth, patterned (like fence lizard but smoooth and dots)

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