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Reptiles Flashcards

1
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Shelled amniotic egg

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Cleidoic egg

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2
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Fluid filled sac of egg

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Amnion

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3
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Respiration & waste storage of egg

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Allantois

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4
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Gaseous exchange of egg

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Chorion

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5
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Type of scales with a ridge down the center

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Keeled

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6
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Order of turtles

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Chelonia

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7
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Amniotes that lack temporal opening

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Anapsids

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8
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Upper part of turtle shell

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Carapace

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9
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Flat bottom part of turtle shell

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Plastron

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10
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Similar to scales, formed in lower vascular layer

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Scutes

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11
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Turtles has what type of fertilization?

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Internal

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12
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What determines turtle sex?

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Temperature

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13
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Higher temp produces (larger or smaller) sex

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Larger

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14
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Male turtles have a ? plastron

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Depressed

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15
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Male turtles have a ? carapace

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Domed

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16
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Side-necked turtle sub-order

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Pleurodira

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17
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Side-necked turtle families

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Chelidae & Pelomedusidae

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18
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S-necked turtle sub-order

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Cryptodira

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19
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Snapping turtle genera (2)

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Chelydra & Macro

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20
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Snapping turtle family

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Chelydridae

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21
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Snapping turtles have ? tails

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Long

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22
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Alligator snapping turtles Genus/Species

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Macroclemys temnicki

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23
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Leatherback sea turtle family

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Dermochelyidae

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24
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Leatherback sea turtle genus/species

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Dermochelys coriacea

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25
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Loggerhead sea turtle family

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Cheloniidae

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26
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Loggerhead sea turtle genus/species

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Caretta caretta

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27
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Loggerheads reach sexual maturity at ?

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Age 35

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28
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Family of the tortosies

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Testudinidae

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29
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Soft-shelled turtles family

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Trionchyidae

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30
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Soft shelled turtles carapace lacks ?

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Bone and Marginal lines

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31
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Musk turtle family

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Kinosternidae

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32
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Musk turtle genus/species

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Sternotherus odoratus

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33
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Most diverse turtle family

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Emydidae

34
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Box turtle genus/species

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Terrapene carolina carolina

35
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Northern map turtle genus/species

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Graptemys geographica

36
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Wood turtle genus/species

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Glyptemys insculpta

37
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Spotted turtle genus/species

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Clemmys guttata

38
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Northern diamond-backed terrapin genus/species

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Malaclemys terrapin

39
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Croc sub-class

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Archosauria

40
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Type of croc skull

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Diapsid

41
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Croc teeth set in socket

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Thecodont

42
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American alligator order

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Crocodilia

43
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American alligator family

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Alligatoridae

44
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American alligator genus/species

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Alligator mississippiensis

45
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Bi-lobed male reptile copulatory organ

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Hemipenes

46
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Asexual reproduction of female reptiles

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Parthenogenesis

47
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Type of skull of reptiles

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Squamata

48
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2 arches developed on the side of retile skull

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Diapsid

49
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Diapsid skulls allows jaw to ?

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Open wider

50
Q

Teeth fused to inner surface of jaw bone is?

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Pleurodont

51
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Teeth attacked to the edge of the jawbone without sockets

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Acrodont

52
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Lays eggs with little to no embryonic development in mother

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Oviparous

53
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Internal fertilization, nourished by egg yolk, & a live birth

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Ovoviviparous

54
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Embryo development in mother & live birth

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Viviparous

55
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Fleshy tongued lizard suborder

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Inguania

56
Q

Fleshy flap under chin of reptiles

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Dewlap

57
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Family of lizards, anole, & iguanas

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Inguanidae

58
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Inguanidae have (1) scales & (2) dewlaps

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(1) small & (2) large

59
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Tongue is (1) and cannot be (2)

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(1) short & (2) projected

60
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Fence, & horned lizards family

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Phrynosomatidae

61
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Hard tongued Lizards suborder

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Scleroglossa

62
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Olfactory sense organ

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Jacobson’s Organ

63
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Skinks family

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Scincidae

64
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Glass lizard family

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Anguidae

65
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Family of 2/3 of all snakes

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Colubridae

66
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Eastern Slender glass lizard genus/species

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Ophisaurus attenuatus

67
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Northern water snake genus/species

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Nerodia sipedon

68
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Brown water snake genus/species

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Nerodia taxispilota

69
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Ribbon snake family

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Columbridae

70
Q

2nd most diverse snake family (venomous)

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Viperidae

71
Q

The viperidae venom is found it ?

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Pit organs

72
Q

Eastern cottonmouth genus/species

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Agkistrodon piscivorus

73
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Northern copperhead genus/species

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Agkistrodon contortrix

74
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Timber rattlesnake genus/species

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Crotalus horridus

75
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Eastern spiny softshell turtle genus/species

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Apalone spinifera

76
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Green Anole genus/species

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Anolis carolinensis

77
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5 lined skink genus/species

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Eumeces fasciatus

78
Q

Garter snake genus

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Thamnophis

79
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Brown snake genus/species

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Storeria dekayi

80
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Western diamondback snake genus/species

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Crotalus atrox

81
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False northern map turtle genus/species

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Graptemys pseudogeographica

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