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31 Cards in this Set
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Study of reptiles |
Herpetology |
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Reptiles are claimed to be the first animals adapted to life entirely on land |
True |
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Reptiles do not need water to reproduce |
True |
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Animals with an amniotic egg are called what? |
Amniotes |
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Thin membrane enclosing fluid in which the embryo floats |
Amion |
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Store metabolic waste produced by the embryo |
Allantois |
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Enclosed yolk |
Yolk sac |
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Outermost membrane of the egg |
Chorion |
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Additional protein and water in the egg |
Albumen |
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Reptile egg shells are what? |
Leathery |
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The first reptiles are called what? |
Stem Reptiles |
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What is the Mesozoic Era? |
When reptiles were most diverse |
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Pulmonary blood loop |
Goes from heart to lungs back to heart |
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Systematic loop |
Blood goes from heart to body back to heart |
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Anapsid |
No openings behind eye socket |
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Synapsid |
Has single opening called feuesra behind eye socket |
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Diapsid |
Have two feuesra behind eye socket |
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Reptiles are dioecious |
True |
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Cloaca |
Single opening where all waste matter as well as reproductive materials exit the body |
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The dorsal surface of a turtle is called a what? |
Carapace |
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The dorsal surface of a turtle is called a what? |
Carapace |
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The ventral surface of a turtle is caed what? |
Plastron |
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The dorsal surface of a turtle is called a what? |
Carapace |
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The ventral surface of a turtle is caed what? |
Plastron |
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Turtle are oviparous? |
True |
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The dorsal surface of a turtle is called a what? |
Carapace |
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The ventral surface of a turtle is caed what? |
Plastron |
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Turtle are oviparous? |
True |
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What is the largest turtle on earth? |
The leatherback sea turtle |
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What order are lizards in? |
Squamata |
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Tuataras are nocturnal. |
True |
