Reptilia Flashcards
3 orders of class reptilia at the zoo?
testudines
squamata
crocodilia
reptilia has a ______ bearing, and _______ skeleton?
load bearing and bony skeleton
reptilia type of birth?
ovoviparious, viviparious
reptilia type of egg?
amniotic egg with a leathery covering or calcareous shell
reptilia thermoregluation?
ectothermic
reptilia kidneys excrete___ ___?
uric acid
reptilia Type of fertilization?
internal
______ chambered heart. _____ chambers in the crocidilians
3 chambered hearts, 4 chambers in crocidilians
reptilia body covering with epidermal _________.
scales
what order of reptilia has a shell?
testudines
a turtle or torts shell is made of two basic parts, the __________ and _______.
carapace and plastron
To eat members of the testudines order use a _______ with no ________.
beak, no teeth
members of the order testudines are born in an egg and develop outside the mothers body making them _________.
Oviparious
the sex of the offspring is dependent on the __________.
temperature
The order of reptilia that includes lizards, snakes and true lizards?
squamata