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Dewlap
An iguanid's throat fan
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Crocodilians
Known for providing parental care for their young
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Dermatophagy
A process that involves a Caecilian growing a new layer of fat in order to feed it's young
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Anurans
Frogs and toads belong to this group
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Caecilians
Amphibians with long body and no limbs
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Reproduction
The characteristics that sign to space the three main categories of salamanders
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Hagfish
The cartalaginous fish that has slime glands to help create a slippery coating around it
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Spiracles
The breathing openings that sharks and rays have behind their eyes
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Amnion
The protective layer that surrounds the nutrient-filled eggs of a reptile
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Chimaeras
The group of cartilaginous fish that have gill covers
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Tuatara
A lizard like reptile that has a perietal eye
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Pit Organ
The organ that some vipers used to detect temperature
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Ichthyosauras
In extinct reptile-like aquatic animal that looks very much like a dolphin
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Carapace
A turtles upper shell, which covers its back
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Scutes
individual "squares" of a turtle's shell
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spectacle
The transparent eye cover of a gecko
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Chromatophores
Color - containing cells they give reptiles the ability to change color
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Whale shark
The largest known fish
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Geckos
The group that consists of small, flat bodied lizards characterized by adhesive toe pads
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Rostrum
A selfish is long and unusual nose
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Operculum
He fish's hard, movable gill cover
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Antivenin
The type of medicine that would be given to counteract the venom if a person gets bit by a venomous snake
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Denticles
What are a sharks tooth like placoid scales called
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Tortoise
The longest living animal
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Elapids
But comment family event of mistakes that have immovable fangs
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Komodo dragon
Largest living lizard
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Myomeres
A fishes W-shaped bands of skeletal muscles
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Coral snake
A North American elapids that are known for their distinctive color pattern that has a red bands bordering yellow bands
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Theropods
Walked on two legs; includes T. Rex
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Sauropods
Herbivores with long necks
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Anklyosaurs
looked like giant horned lizards with bony eyelid plates and club-like tails
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Pachycephalosaurs
Bony, dome shaped head
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Pterosaurs
Similar to modern bats
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Plesiosaurs
Dinosaurs of the sea with paddle-shaped feet and legs and long necks
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Photophore
The light-producing organ of a fish
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Tadpoles
larvae of frogs and toads
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Cartilaginous
Chondricthyes and Cylostomata are two classes of this group of fish
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Regenerate
Lizards break up hotels in order to defend themselves; they are able to do this because their tails ______________?
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Tetrapod
A friend describes to you an animal that has four legs. Because he has four legs you can conclude that the animal must be a _____________?
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Mermaid's purse
Protective case that sharks lay their eggs in
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Sidewinding
In one type of local motion, a state moves across sandy ground by supporting part of its body at several points while moving the rest of his body to the side... What kind of movement is this called?
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Hemotoxic
Because their bites affect the circulatory system and cause red blood cells to burst, rattlesnakes have _________ venom?
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Swim bladder
Bony fish can stay suspended in water due to a gas-filled organ call_________?
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Constrictors
These squeeze prey until it dies
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Vipers
Venomous snakes with fangs that fold against the roof of the mouth when not in use
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Blind snakes
These include the world's smallest snakes
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Colubrids
largest group of snakes
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True
Some fish have electric organs that are designed with current-generating cells called ELECTROCYTES.
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False/Milt
The sperm - containing fluid released by a male fish is called ROE.
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False/Sand tiger shark
The only known shark that comes to the surface to gulp air, using its stomach as a swim bladder, is the GREAT WHITE SHARK.
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False/Lobed
The type of fin that is made of a bone surrounded by muscle is the RAYED fin.
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True
Turtle shells have a lower that PLASTRON covers the abdomen
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False/ Snapping
Common freshwater turtles that live in muddy waters and eat fish, birds, and insects are PAINTED turtles
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False/Double
To consume the large meals that snakes catch, they are given a set of TRIPLE-hinged jaws
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True
The largest snake in the world is the ANACONDA.
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False/Lateral undulation
The type of movement in which a snake slithers along an S-shaped curve is RECTILINEAR MOVEMENT
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Smell
What sense would be reduced if a snake did not have a Jacobson's organ
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A reptile must move to a new environment to change its body temperature
What best explains why reptiles are considered cold-blooded
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Most amphibians spend part of their life in water and part on land
The name amphibian comes from two Greek words meaning "both life". What best explains why amphibians were given this name
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Fish scales are hardened by bone; reptile scales are hardened by Keratin
The difference between fish scales and reptile scales
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Crocodile
While on vacation, you see crocodilian with a narrow snout and a tooth that is visible when it's jar is closed. Which animal from the crocodilian family have you seen?
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Include these ideas:
*The eggs will hatch at a tadpoles, which will have external gills
*A girl covering will form, and the towel will become longer and stronger
* The hind legs will begin to grow, and the towel would begin to shrink. Later the front legs will begin to grow
*The digestive system of the tadpole will shrink, and lungs will develop
* Once the tail is completely absorbed, the tadpole will be a miniature adult called a froglet
ESSAY-
While on a fishing trip with the youth group, Daniel spotted hundreds of frogs in a pond. Describe what he should expect to observe if he returns to the pond daily until the frogs are adults ....
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