Lizard/snake

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This is the common name of Bothrops insularis

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golden lancehead

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where are they found?

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Queimeda Grande Sao Paulo Brazil

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Rhynchocephalia means this

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beak headed

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how many species?

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2

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This is the term for an antivenin serum produced by multiple species

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Polyvalent

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Downside?

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More species covered so the serum is less effective (potent)

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Squamata means

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Scale like

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3 suborders of Squamata

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snakes, lizards, worm lizards

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The last ventral scale on is called

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Vent

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T/F: a rattlesnake has never heard it’s rattle

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True

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Explain why they have never heard their rattle

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No external ear opening, no eardrum. Skull bones acutely sensitive toslightest vibration. Some inner ear bones in contact w/ bones rear of jaw

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Serpentine locomotion is also called

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Lateral undulation

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2/3 of all snakes fall into this family

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Colubridae

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Snakes can control amount of venom that is released during a bite.

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True

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How far can snakes strike out?

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1/3-1/2 of body length

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Why don’t legless lizards have the elasticity of other lizards?

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Scales are made of minute pieces of bone “tight osteoderms” \

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What helps them expand for breathing/eating?

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Lateral fold

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This is the term for teeth fused to top & side of jawbone.

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Pleurodont

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Name of teeth fused to top of jaw?

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Acrodont ...Example: Agamas

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If you castrate a male lizard with femoral pores, the pores will atrophy.

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True

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What are femoral pores used for

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Used to secrete pheromones to attract female &raised pores stimulate female when caressed

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species with long forked tongues have a less developed Jacobson’s Organ

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False-better

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This is the family of most primitive lizards

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Gekkonidae

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Name 2 mildly venomous Aglyphs

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Alsophis (West Indies racer, Diadophis (ring neck snake)

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This is why kingsnakes are called “kingsnakes”

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eat non-venomous & venomous snake

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This snake has the largest fangs of all snakes

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Gaboon

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Explain “caudal lure” & give an example from our zoo

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young have yellow/green tail tip, wave around to attract prey – Agkistrodon

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Some consider this species of snake to be the most intelligent

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King cobra

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What’s the man’s name that has been bitten by venomous snakes well over 170 times and livedto be 100 years old?

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Bill Haast

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Family of night Lizards

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Xantusidae

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The female __________ __________ lizard develops a bright red dewlap when ready to breed

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Western Collared Lizard

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AKA “egg thief”

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Tegus

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Explain how Gila monsters envenomate:

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teeth are grooved & sharp which allows venom to flow into bite wound, have to chew toenvenomate, the longer they chew the more venom is dispersed from the gland beneath thejaw.

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Why is it important not to reach into one of our venomous enclosures with your hand right afterthe snake is removed

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Our snakes all have live birth, sperm can be stored in easterndiamondbacks for 12 years

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Mamba's family

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Elapidae