Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish Flashcards
Its an endemic fresh water crocodile that is critically endangered and considered the most threatened crocodilian in the world, found in Mindoro.
Crocodylus mindorensis (Philippine crocodile)
They are the indicator of pristine marsh/mangrove.
Crocodile
Who is the biggest crocodile ever caught?
Saltwater crocodile named Lolong. (21 feet log)
Scientific name of saltwater crocodile
Crocodylus parosus
Scientific name of estuarine crocodile
Crocodylus palustris
Economic importance of crocodile
Source of meat and leather
Habitat of turtles
Saltwater
Habitat of terapins
Freshwater/ponds
Habitat of tortoise
Land/desert
The only living remnants of the dinosaur age.
Sea turtles
The only reptiles with no teeth
Turtles
Mass nesting of pawikans(sea turtles)
Arribada
If the climate is hot what will be the gender of the pawikan’s egg?
Female
The longest alive vertebrates
Turtles
The convex dorsal portion of the turtle’s shell.
Carapace
The flattened ventral piece of the turtle’s shell
Plastron
The only carnivorous marine turtle (eats jellyfish)
Olve-ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
Largest turtle
Leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea
Endemic freshwater turtle that is critically endangered.
Philippine forest turtle etc.
Soft shelled turtle
Trionix spiniferus (sisikan)
Species of monitor lizard that are specialized frugivores.
Panay monitor lizard (Varanus mabitang)
Varanus olivaceus
Varanus bitatawa
Philippine largest lizard
Varanus salvator
Lizard with vacuum feet
Gekko gecko (Tuko)
What is arboreal?
Animals spend most of their time in trees (Pandan trees)
What lizard is assumed to treat HIV and other illnesses?
Tokay gecko
They have a distinct orange-spotted, blue-grey skin, can grow up to 15.7 inches in length and feeds on insect and worms.
Tokay gecko
They lack of eyelids and external ears.
Snakes
Locally known as ulopong or karasaen, 1-1.6 M
Philippine cobra (Naja philippinensis)
Largest venomous snake in the country with the length of 18 ft.
King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
Scientific name of phyton
Phyton reticulatus
What is the family of cobra
Elapidae
What is the family of anaconda
Boidae
Largest snake in the world by weight and height
Green/common anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
How do desert adder move?
side winding
How do king cobra move?
Serpentine
How do western diamond back move?
Concertina
How do rainbow boa move?
Rectilinear
Living snakes are found on every continent except?
Antarctica
Summer sleep of animals
Aestivate
Winter sleep of animals
Hibernation
Animals that live part of their lives in water and part on land.
Amphibians
They are vertebrates and are also ectothermic; they cannot regulate their body heat.
Amphibians
What is the largest amphibian?
Japanese giant salamander (6 ft long)
What is the smallest amphibian?
Gold frog (1 cm long)
Group of amphibians that superficially resemble earthworms or snakes.
Caecilians
They have no limbs and have a very short tail, they are blind. And the most obscure group of amphibians.
Caecilians
Caecilians arose from a group of tetrapods knows as?
Lepospondyli
What is the family name of the true toad?
Bufonidae
Where is the poison glands of toads located?
Back, side or legs
What is the toad imported to control pest in sugar cane plantation?
Cane toad
They are most noticeable by their call which can be widely heard during the night or day mainly in their mating season.
Frogs
What is the order of frog that means “tail less”
Anura
Slender bodied amphibians with long tails and four legs that diverged during permian period.
Newts and salamanders
This class includes all bony fishes.
Osteichthyes
They are cold blooded vertebrates that breath though gills and use fins for swimming.
Ostheichthyes
Several distinguishing features of bony fishes
Skeleton of bones, scales, paired fins, one pair of gills, jaws and nostrils.
A fish that is an important source of protein and largely domesticated
Bangus (Chanos chanos)
Smallest fish
Pygmy Goby (Pandaka pygmaea
Where is the pygmy goby found?
Malabon, Manila
The smallest commercial fish
Sinarapan (Mestichtys luzoniensis)
Where s sinarapan found?
Lake Buhi
They feed on mosquito larvae
Guppy fish
A fish found in Mindanao that can travel on land
Climbing perch
A fish introduced from Africa and largely domesticated
Tilapia
The most expensive fish worth 2400 per kilo in Palawan and the most endangered fish
Mameng (Humphead wrasse)
Class of cartilaginous fish that have a skeleton made of cartilage, rather than bone.
Chondrichthyes
Fish under Chrondichthyes
Sharks, skates and rays ( Southern Stingray)
Class of jaw less fish and said to be the earliest vertebrates.
Agnatha
When did the scientist found fossils of agnatha species
Late Cambrian period 500 million years ago
Scientific name of Tilipia
Tilapia velotica
