Reptiles - Lizards Flashcards
An omnivorous lizard that occurs in the Sonoran Desert is the Desert Iguana.
a. True b. False
True
Most lizards can lose their tail as a means of escape. This adaptation is called Tail Autotomy.
a. True b. False
True
Most lizards have four limbs and five digits per limb. One exceptions from the Sonoran Desert is the mole lizard.
a. True b. False
True
All lizards are insectivorous.
a. True b. False
False
The spiny-tailed iguana is native to the Sonoran Desert region.
a. True b. False
True
Lizards are not able to see color.
a. True b. False
False
There is one native gecko found in Arizona.
a. True b. False
True
Geckos are the only lizard with a voice.
a. True b. False
True
Check the ways that lizards utilize color.
____ Sexual advertisement.
____ Metachromatism.
____ Camouflage.
____ Aposematic.
___X_ Sexual advertisement.
___X_ Metachromatism.
___X_ Camouflage.
___X_ Aposematic.
Check the uses for a lizard tail.
______ Defense—sacrifice.
______ Defense—weapon.
______ Counterbalance.
______ Grip (some are slightly prehensile).
______ Fat storage.
____X__ Defense—sacrifice.
____X__ Defense—weapon.
___X___ Counterbalance.
____X__ Grip (some are slightly prehensile).
___X___ Fat storage.
Check the following lizard(s) native to the Sonoran Desert region.
_____ Spiny-tailed iguana.
_____ Greater earless lizard.
_____ Western banded gecko.
_____ Chuckwalla.
__X__ Spiny-tailed iguana.
__X__ Greater earless lizard.
__X__ Western banded gecko.
__X__ Chuckwalla.
The two venomous lizards in the Sonoran Desert region are the:
a. Whiptail and Mexican beaded lizard.
b. Gila monster and Desert spiny.
c. Zebra-tailed and Collared.
d. Mexican beaded lizard & Gila monster.
d. Mexican beaded lizard & Gila monster.
Gila monsters and beaded lizards are the only reptiles with osteoderms in the Sonoran Desert.
a. True b. False
False
