According to a team of researchers, giant tortoises once occurred on all the continents except ___. |
Australia |
True or false: Cone-nosed toads were adapted for burrowing. |
True |
True or false: There are no native species of chameleons in Madagascar. |
False |
Terrestrial Caecilians are mostly adapted for ___. |
Burrowing |
The ___ gecko is a common introduced lizard in Gainseville, FL. |
Mediterranean |
The ___ is an example of a herbivorous lizard. |
Green Iguana |
According to the Florida Museum of Natural History, there are ___ species of crocadilians worldwide. |
23 |
True or false: The American Crocadile is still found on various islands in the Caribbean. |
True |
Caecilians are not found in the tropics of ___. |
Australia |
The Mexican Parrot Snake is a ___ type forager. |
Seize and swallow |
The less evolutionarily advanced salamanders are mostly ___. |
Acquatic |
Chameleons are able to change their body color because of specialized cells called ___. |
Chromatophores |
Of the sea turtles only the ___ is chiefly herbivorous. |
Green Sea Turtle |
Snake venom is made of ___. |
Proteins |
The term "plastron" refers to part of a turtle's ___. |
Shell |
The giant salamanders is ___ in length. |
1.6 meters |
True or false: A species of Poison Arrow Frog has been successfully introduced to the Baltimore area where it has been implicated in the reduction of cockroaches. |
False |
The Eye-lash viper has a ___ between the eye and the nostril. |
Heat detecting pit |
Parthenogenesis is seen in about 1/3 of the species in the lizard genus ___. |
Cnemidophorous |
The development of young from unfertilized eggs is called ___. |
Parthenogenesis |
The introduced Nile Monitor in Florida may have possible become a threat to native ___. |
Burrowing owls |
The ___ is a scavenger that may occasionally kill and eat mammals. |
Komodo Dragon |
The ___ Python has been introduced to the Everglades and apparently is becoming established there. |
Burmese |
the Desert Iguana is indigenous to ___. |
The American southwest |
Temperature-dependent sex determination was discovered in a study of ___. |
Red-eared turtles |
The ___ Anole is a common species introduced to Florida. |
Cuban |
True or false: A species of chameleon has been introduced to Florida. |
True |
The ___ are very fast predators that feed by running down their prey. |
Whiptails |
An endemic family of frogs is found on a series of oceanic islands formed by ___. |
Continental drift |
Salamanders reach their highest diversity in ___. |
Northern Hemisphere |
The ___ are lizards with specially adapted toe pads for clinging to vertical surfaces. |
Geckos |
True or false: In Florida, alligators are hunted recreationally. |
True |
True or false: American Crocodiles are widespread and abundant in Florida. |
False |
True or false: All turtles are egg layers. |
True |
The Nile Crocodile is the largest crocodile species in ___. |
Africa |
There are roughly ___ species of salamanders. |
310 |
An endemic family of frogs exists on the ___ islands. |
Seychelles |
___ lizards feed on eggs, small mammals, and birds. |
Monitor |
Garter snakes are ___ type foragers. |
Seize and swallow |
Pythons differ from boas in that boas are ___. |
Live-bearers |
True or false: Among the Amphibia several species are adapted for feeding on plants as adults. |
False |
The Spadefoot toads are native to ___. |
North America |
The dorsal part of a turtle's shell is called the ___. |
Carpace |
The ___ is the largest species of sea turtle. |
Leatherback |
the largest salamander is native to ___. |
Japan |
The modern order Squamata likely descended from the fossil group ___. |
Archosauria |
The Tree Lizards inhabit ___. |
Pinyon-juniper woodland |
Smaller lizards are mostly adapted for feeding on ___. |
Insects |
There are roughly ___ species of caecilians. |
165 |