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Reptiles and turtles Flashcards

1
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Class Reptilia

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Lizard and Snakes

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2
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Class Chelonia

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Turtles and tortoises

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3
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Amniotes

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Reptiles, Turtles Crocs, Birds, Mammals

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4
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Amnion

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Protects Embryo within aquatic Environment

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5
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Yolk Sac

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Provides nutrients

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6
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Allantois

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Storage of Metabolic Wastes

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7
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Chorion

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Functions in gas exchange

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8
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All lizards have what two things

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Scales and most have legs

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9
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Lizards unlike snakes have Moveable

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Eyelids and external ear openings

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10
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Caudal Autotomy

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Ability to drop tail to distract predator

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11
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Class Reptillia have what features

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Legless, scales dry skin, No moveable eyelids and no ears

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12
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Name some features on a rattlesnake

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Pit organs, Cryptic Colouration

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13
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Class Chelonia

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Turtles and tortoises

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14
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Shells of a dorsal carapace and ventral plastron

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Fused with skeleton

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15
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Reptiles and turtles have epidermal scales comprised of

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Keratin

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16
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Turtles and crocs have______ horny scales underlaid by bony plates

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Scutes

17
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Reproduction in reptiles and turtles

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Internal Fertlization, Mostly oviparous, but some are ovoviviparous. NO LARVAK STAGE

18
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No parental care of eggs or young in reptiles and turtles except in…

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crocs

19
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Environmental sex determination is present in

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Crocs, Tuataras, many turtles and many lizards

20
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Cardiovascular system in Reptiles and Turtles

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Oxygenation of blood via lungs, not gills.

21
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Aquatic turtles also respire through

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Skin, lining of their throat, bursae in cloaca

22
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Retiles and turtles have a ___ chambered heart

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3 chambered heart

23
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Crocs have a _____ chambered heart

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4 chambered heart

24
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water conservation in turtles

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Kidneys excrete uric acid and salt glands excrete salt

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