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Another name for Turtle order |
Chelonia |
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Tortoises create these |
Burrows |
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Type of water terrapins live in |
Brackish |
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Outermost membrane of an egg |
Chorion |
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Interprets sensory and controls muscles |
Cerebrum |
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Snake eye is permanently protected by a |
Spectacle |
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This type of skull has two fenestrae |
Diapsid |
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Allows crocs to eat and breathe at the same time |
Second Palate |
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Latin for scaled |
Squamata |
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Caterpillar movement |
Reptilinear |
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Largest turtle |
Leatherback Turtle |
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Great reptile mothers. India & Burma |
Gavials |
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Turtle order |
Testudines |
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Mississippi Snake fang attachment |
Hinged |
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Helps snakes smell and taste |
Jacobsons |
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Tuatara can detect light through |
Third Eye |
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Skull with no openings |
Anapsid |
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Suborder of lizards |
Sauria |
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Difference in loops |
Pulmonary Loop- Blood goes to heart to lungs back to heart Systematic Loop- Blood goes to heart to body back to heart |
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Three skulls |
Anapsid-No openings Synapsid-One Opening Diapsid-Two Openings |
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4 Livings Orders |
Testudines (Turtles) Squamata-Suborders Sauria (Lizards) & Serpentes (Snakes) Crocodilia (Crocs & Gators) Rhynocephia (Tuatara) |
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6 MS Poisonous Snakes |
Copperhead, Cottonmouth, Coral Snake, Canebrake Rattlesnake, Pygmy Rattlesnake, Eastern Diamond Back Rattlesnake |
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Two Crocodilia Species In US |
American Alligator American Crocodile |
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Most common snake movement |
Lateral Undulations |
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Sideways snake movement |
Sidewinding |
