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39 Cards in this Set
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The fourth period in the Paleozoic area. The time of fish |
Devonian period |
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When fish travel up stream to spawn |
Anadromous |
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A type of teeth that specialize in gripping the food and help the predator trap the prey |
Vomerine |
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When the young develops inside the body of the parent |
Viviparous |
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The membrane that that encloses the embryo of a mammal, bird or reptile |
Amnion |
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When a body part has been severed and it grows back |
Regeneration |
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Where Charles Darwin did most of his studying |
Galapagos island |
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How a fish maintains buoyancy |
Swim bladder |
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Helps the placenta form |
Chorion |
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What surrounds the embryo |
Allantois |
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Producing young by eggs |
Ovoviviparous |
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A membrane over the eye to keep dust out |
Nictitating |
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The largest living frog |
Goliath frog |
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Affecting the skin |
Cutaneous |
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When the organisms population, function or status relies on its environment |
Bioindicators |
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A pair of appendages used to hold females in place while mating |
Claspers |
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Limbless amphibians |
Caecelians |
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A venomous marine fish characterized by its red and white stripes |
Lionfish |
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Egg laying Mammals that contain platypus |
Monotreme |
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Jawed vertebrates |
Gnathostomata |
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Masters of regeneration. Mrs Grice has one |
Axolotol |
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Tapering at both ends |
Fusiform |
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Aquatic larva of a frog |
Tadpole |
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Animals that have a backbone |
Vertebrata |
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Amphibian that hops to get around |
Frog/Anura |
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A fungus that amphibians get that attacks Keratin |
Chytridiomycosis |
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Another word for the ocean floor |
Benthic |
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Egg white |
Albumen |
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Ectothermic tetrapods vertebrates |
Amphibians |
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Chemical substances that prevents blood from coagulating |
Anticoagulant |
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Extinct fish species where the head and thorax were armored and the rest of the body was not. |
Placoderms |
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Animals that secrete lots of mucus and are very slimy |
Hellbenders |
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Entirely aquatic salemandwrs |
Mudpuppy |
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Study of amphibians and reptiles |
Herpetology |
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Brightly colored frogs that are usually very poisonous |
Poison dart frig |
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The mating position where the male clasps the female around the back |
Amplexus |
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How fish breathe |
Gills |
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A geological time period |
Permian |
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A jawless fish |
Agnatha |
