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Reptiles Flashcards

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Rear margin of carapace serrate

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Chelydridae (snapping turtles)

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Plastron + carapace united in wide bridge

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Emydidae (land and freshwater pond turtles)

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Hind feet stumpy

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Testudidae (land tortoises)

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Shell leathery

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Trionychidae (soft shelled turtles)

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Smooth, oval-shaped carapace

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Kinosternidae (musk turtles)

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Limbs paddlelike

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Chelonidae (sea turtles)

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Clinging pads

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Gekkonidae (geckos)

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Grasping, prehensile tail

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Chameleonidae (true chameleons)

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Rib-supported membrane

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Agamidae, genera Draco (old world iguanas)

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10
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Obvious tympanum, very small scales

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Iguanidae (iguanas, anoles, swifts)

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Rectangular scales on belly, tail long with plate-like scales in ring

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Teiidae (whiptail lizards and tegus)

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12
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Scales shiny, smooth

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Scincidae (skinks)

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Fold on side of body from neck to hind limb, legs may be absent of reduced

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Anguidae (lateral-fold lizards)

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14
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Scales tubercle-like

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Heleodermatidae (beaded lizards)

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15
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Long neck, tympanum recessed

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Varanidae (monitors)

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16
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Worm-like

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Leptotyphlopidae (“blind” snakes)

17
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Big and chunky snakes

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Boidae (boas, pythons, anacondas)

18
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No pits, venomous proteroglyphous fangs

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Elapidae (cobras, mambas, coral snakes)

19
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Tail laterally compressed for swimming

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Hydrophiidae (sea snakes)

20
Q

Heat sensitive pit between eye and nostril

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Viperidae (true vipers); Viperinae (no pit, may have horns), Crotalinae (pit present)

21
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No fangs, no spurs, no compressed tails

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Colubridae (colubrids)

22
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Crocodylia, lower teeth exposed when mouth closed

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Crocodylidae (crocodiles)

23
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Crocodylia, lower teeth not exposed when mouth closed

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Alligatoridae (alligators and caimans)

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