reptiles

Question 1

chelonian

Answer 1

turtles

Question 2

crocodylia

Answer 2

crocodile, alligator, caimans

Question 3

rhyncocephalia

Answer 3

tuatara

Question 4

squamata

Answer 4

serpentes and sauria

Question 5

serpent

Answer 5

snakes

Question 6

saurian

Answer 6

lizards

Question 7

ectothermic

Answer 7

no established body temp. ‘cold-blooded’ metabolism

Question 8

oviparous

Answer 8

egg-laying

Question 9

viviparous

Answer 9

giving birth to live offspring

Question 10

ovoviviparous

Answer 10

eggs are incubated in oviducts. live offspring are delivered

Question 11

parthenogenesis

Answer 11

reproduce without the presence of a male

Question 12

dorsal part of the shell, made of 50 bones

Answer 12

carapace

Question 13

ventral part of the shell, made of 9 bones

Answer 13

plastron

Question 14

the GI tract empties into this chamber

Answer 14

cloaca

Question 15

keratinized epithelium covering bones of shell. movable hinge between pectoral/abdominal

Answer 15

scute

Question 16

azurophil

Answer 16

unique to reptiles, same function as heterophils

Question 17

brille

Answer 17

transparent spectacle that is fused together by eyelids

Question 18

quadrate bone

Answer 18

elongated and very mobile, contributes greatly to ability to swallow large prey

Question 19

ecdysis

Answer 19

normal shedding throughout snakes lifetime

Question 20

disecdysis

Answer 20

inability to shed skin normally and completely

Question 21

vomeronasal sense

Answer 21

allows snake to pick up pheromones

Question 22

parietal eye

Answer 22

facilitates hormone production- thermoregulation

third eye

Question 23

due to improper diet/UV exposure. improper calcium/phosphorous ratio. deformed shell, anorexia.

Answer 23

Metabolic bone disease

Question 24

loss of scutes causing infection of shell. SCUD- severe. wet- bacterial, dry- fungal/bacterial.

Answer 24

shell rot

Question 25

deposition of uric acid. caused by kidney dz, dehydration, increased protein

Answer 25

gout

Question 26

due to improper husbandry. dystocia, cloacal/penile prolapse- trauma, infection, cloacal impact

Answer 26

egg-binding

Question 27

low vitamin A, anatomical issue. no external ear opening. requires surgery

Answer 27

aural abscess

Question 28

infl of oral cavity

Answer 28

stomatitis

Question 29

conjunctivitis, blepharitis, nasal discharge, dyspnea, ear abscesses

Answer 29

vit A deficiency

Question 30

one of the most common. poor diet, poor husbandry, stress.

Answer 30

respiratory disease