Quiz 25 Flashcards
1
Q
The lower part of a turtle’s shell is called
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Plastron
2
Q
This medicine is designed to counteract snake venom
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Antivenin
3
Q
Rattlesnakes and other snakes have a heat detecting organ that is called
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Pit organ
4
Q
Snakes have an organ on the roof of their mouths that is used for smell. It is called
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Jacobson’s organ
5
Q
The upper part of a turtle’s shell is called
A
Carapace
6
Q
The slow-moving snakes that coil around and squeeze their prey are called
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Constrictors
7
Q
______________ are lizard like reptiles with parietal eyes
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Tuataras
8
Q
The largest living reptiles are
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Crocodilians
9
Q
______________ are aquatic, fish-eating reptiles with long, narrow snouts
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Gavials
10
Q
________________ are venomous snakes with immovable fangs.
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Elapids
