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27 Cards in this Set
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What is a caudata? |
A fish with a tail |
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What does anadromous mean? |
Fish that migrate up river from sea to swamp |
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What are vomerine teeth? |
Teeth specified to grip onto food |
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What does viviparous mean? |
Bring forth love young that have developed inside the body of the parent |
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What is a amnion? |
The innermost membrane that enclosed the embryo of mammals reptiles and birds |
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What is regeneration? |
The process of regenerating particular the formation of new animals or plant tissue |
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What was found on the Galapagos? |
Darwin found the tortoise on the Galapagos island |
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What is the gas filled bladder called that bony fish have? |
The swim bladder |
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What is the chorion? |
The outermost membrane surrounding an embryo of a bird,reptile, and mammal |
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What is the allantois? |
Fetal membrane lying below the chorion in many vertebrates formed as an outgrowth of the embryos gut |
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What is ovoviviparous? |
Producing young by means of eggs |
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What are the special eyelids that amphibians use when they go under water? |
Nictitating |
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What is the largest Anura in the world? |
Goliath frog |
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What are the organisms called that let us know if an environment is healthy or not? |
Bio indicators |
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What amphibian is best at regeneration? |
Axolotl |
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The larvae of all amphibians are called what? |
Tadpoles |
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What is the group of amphibians that do not have legs? |
Caecilians |
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What is the largest aquatic salamander in the USA? |
The hellbender |
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What is the biggest threat to amphibian population? |
Humans |
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One of the few salamander known to make noise and remain aquatic as adults? |
Mudpuppy |
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What is it called when they males frogs hold the female frog during breeding? |
Amplexus |
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What are a special family of frogs known for the toxin they produce by eating ants beetles and millipedes?
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Poison dart frog |
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What is the study of amphibians and reptiles |
Herpetology |
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means no tail |
Anura |
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What is the Mesozoic era? |
Age of reptiles |
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Agnatha means what? |
No jaws |
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Fish are members of this subphylum?
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Vertebrata
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