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129 Cards in this Set
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Longest hatch life turtle
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Chelidae
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Which turtle performs gape Suction
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Chelidae
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Aestivation/hibernation in mud
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Chelidae
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Snapping turtles
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Chelydridae
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Worm-like tongue
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Chelydridae
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Hard shelled sea turtles
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Cheloniidae
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Harvested for food, shell, eggs, hit by boats
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Cheloniidae
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reach sexual maturity around 25 yrs
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Cheloniidae
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Leatherback sea turtles
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Dermochelyidae
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largest turtles
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Dermochelyidae
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Only reptilian inertial endotherm
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Dermochelyidae
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eat jellyfish
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Dermochelyidae
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Highly insulated: oil laden skin
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Dermochelyidae
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Forelimbs have circulatory counterflow system
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Dermochelyidae
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Pig nose
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Carettochelyidae
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LIVES IN RIVERS, LAGOONS, ESTUARIES
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Carettochelyidae
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Mud & musk turtle
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Kinosternidae
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small size, stinkpot, large head
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Kinosternidae
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live in slow moving water
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Kinosternidae
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Softshell turtles
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Trionychidae
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Jaws covered with fleshy lips rather than beak
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Trionychidae
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Reduced bony carapace & plastron
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Trionychidae
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Turtle undergoes Cutaneous Respiration
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Trionychidae
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Fully aquatic spending most of time in mud
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Trionychidae
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Turtle lays Oval eggs
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Trionychidae
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Cooters & Box turtle
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Emydidae
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Hinged Plastron
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Emydidae
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Sexually Dimorphic Turtle
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Emydidae
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Tortoises
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Testudinidae
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High Dome shells
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Testudinidae
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Columnar Hindlimbs
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Testudinidae
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Small clutches
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Testudinidae
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Terrestrial Turtle
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Testudinidae
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guntheri & punctatus
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Sphenodontidae
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220 mya; one of the oldest lizard lineages
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Sphenodontidae
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Why is Sphenodontidae not a lizard?
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Well developed gastralia and skull anomalies
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Sister to squamata
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Sphenodontidae
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Living only in NZ
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Sphenodontidae
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What are the teeth of Sphenodontidae like?
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Acrodont, two rows on top, one row on bottom. Attached to Palatine bone
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One of the only reps that can live at very low temps
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Sphenodontidae
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Sea bird symbiosis
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Sphenodontidae
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Has eggs that absorb water
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Sphenodontidae
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Has a parietal eye
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Sphenodontidae
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Composed of Lizards, Amphisbaenia & Snakes
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Squamata
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Ecdysis
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Shedding in patches
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Dragon Lizards & Angleheads
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Agamidae
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Lizards that are heliotherms
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Agamidae
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Flying Dragon
Thorny Devil |
Agamidae
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Chameleons
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Chamaeleonidae
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Change color
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Chamaeleonidae OR Iguanidae
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Prehensile tile and Projectile tongue
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Chamaeleonidae
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No gular folds
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Chamaeleonidae
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Basilisks, Marine, Anoles
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Iguanidae
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Runs bipedally
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Basilisk, Iguanidae
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Doesn't have salt glands, but lives on ocean
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Marine Iguanidae
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Lays eggs continually throughout lifetime, but only lays one egg at a time
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Anole Iguanidae
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Geckos & Pygopods
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Gekkonidae
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Toe pads for smooth surfaces
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Gekkonidae
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Joints go the opposite way
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Gekkonidae
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Tokay
Mediterranean |
Gekkonidae
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All live bearers, mate for life
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Xantusiidae
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Extremely secretive; diurnal, but seldom venture out
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Xantusiidae
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Elliptical pupils
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Xantusiidae
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Whiptail lizards & tegus
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Teiidae
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Granular scales on back and large, rectangular scales on belly with large head scales on head
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Teiidae
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arid deserts to tropical rain forests
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Teiidae
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New species discovered almost every yr!
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Teiidae
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skinks
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Scincidae
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Cycloid scales, all about the same size
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Scincidae
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Compound osteoderms underneath scales, and large head shields
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Scincidae
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Lose water quickly if not near water
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Xenosauridae
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Gila monster & Mexican beaded lizard
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Helodermatidae
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What are the only two venomous lizards?
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Gila monster & Mexican beaded Lizard
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Burrow when not actively feeding of reproducing
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Helodermatidae
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Will eat anything! Climb trees for bird eggs.
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Helodermatidae
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Only lizard with grooved teeth and venom glands
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Helodermatidae
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Hangs onto prey and chews to get venom into wound
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Helodermatidae
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Monitors, Goannas, & Earless monitors
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Varanidae
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Robust lizards with long tail that lack caudal autotomy, used for balance for upright positions during combat and arboreal movements
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Varanidae
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All of these lizards are oviparous
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Varanidae
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Have high aerobic and metabolic capacities suited to their active foraging lifestyle
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Varanidae
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Top predator eating large vertebrates detected by chemosensory sues
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Varanidae
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Komodo Dragon
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Varanidae
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Saliva contains alot of bacteria
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Komodo Dragon, Varanidae
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An example of Island gigantism
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Komodo Dragon, Varanidae
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ZW sex-determination system
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Varanidae
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Ovum determines the sex of offspring instead of the sperm
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Varanidae
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Parthenogenesis
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Can reproduce without male
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What family can reproduce asexually
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Varanidae
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The worm lizards
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Amphisbaenia
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Annulate lizards
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Amphisbaenia
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3 modes of amphisbaenia burrowing
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1. Blunt-headed forms (Ram & push)
2. Keeled-headed forms (Ram & move head L & R) 3. Spade-headed forms (Like shovel) |
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Blind skinks
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Dibamidae
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Mole-limbed worm lizards
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Bipedidae
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Amphisbaenia that retained forelimbs
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Bipedidae
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Florida worm lizard
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Rhineuridae
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Amphisbaenia that has widespread fossil record
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Rhineuridae
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Spade-headed worm lizards
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Trogonophidae
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Name 4 types of Fangs
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Rear-fanged
Front-fanged Hollow-fanged Hinge-fanged |
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Name the 4 types of venom
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Proteolytic
Hemotoxic Neurotoxic Cytotoxic |
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Proteolytic
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dismantles molecular structure of the area surrounding and including the bite
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Hemotoxic
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act on the heart and cardiovascular system
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Neurotoxic
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acts on the nervous system and brain
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cytotoxic
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has localized action at the site of the bite
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Identifies snake type based on whether its single or divided
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anal plate
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Name the four types of snake locomotion
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Serpentine
Rectilinear Sidewinding Concertina |
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Name the two major groups of Snakes
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Scolecophidians
Alethinophidians |
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Dawn blind snakes
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Anomalepididae
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Slender blind snakes
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Leptotyphlopidae
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Pythons
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Pythonidae
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How do Pythons differ from Boas?
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Pythons have premaxilla teeth and lay eggs
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Non-venomous constrictors
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pythonidae
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Snake heavily dependent on water
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pythonidae
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Boas
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Boidae
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Frequently feed on warm-blooded prey, so possess series of heat-sensing pits around mouth
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Boidea
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The anaconda
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Boidae
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Vipers and Pit Vipers
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Viperidae
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Pupils vertically elliptical and head is distinctly wider than neck
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Viperidae
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Most of these snakes are ovoviviparous
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Viperidae
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Utilizes hinged-fang mech
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Viperidae
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Strongly keeled scales and a divided anal plate
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Colubridae
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75% OF ALL GENERA AND 78% of all species of the world
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Colubridae
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Water snakes
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Colubridae
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What snake has a symbiotic relationship with gopher tortoises?
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Colubridae
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Cobras, seasnakes, mambas, death adders
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Elapidae
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Venomous snakes that have fangs fit into slots when the mouth is closed
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Elapidae
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Circular pupils
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Elapidae
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King Cobra and Black Mamba
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Elapidae
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Coral Snake
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Elapidae
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