Reptiles Practice Flashcards

A set of 30 vocabulary flashcards covering the characteristics, groups, and specific species of reptiles based on the lecture transcript.

Reptiles

Vertebrates that breathe with lungs, have scaly skin, and are cold-blooded.

Cold-blooded

A characteristic where an animal's body temperature is regulated by the environment.

Internal fertilization

The process by which all reptiles reproduce.

Turtles and tortoises

Two groups of reptiles that both have a hard protective shell and are egglayers.

Leatherback turtle

The largest turtle species.

Speckled padloper tortoise

The smallest species of tortoise.

Tortoise Habitat

This group of reptiles lives on land, whereas turtles live in water.

Turtle Habitat

This group of reptiles lives in water and typically has flat, streamlined shells.

Tortoise Diet

These reptiles are herbivores, while turtles are omnivores.

Tortoise Lifespan

These reptiles live between $80-150$ years.

British virgin islandsgecko

The smallest known lizard.

Komodo Dragon

The biggest known lizard.

Tail detachment

An ability some lizards have to escape from predators, where the tail continues to wiggle after falling off.

Horned lizard

A reptile that can shoot blood from its eyes.

Gila monsters and the beaded lizard

The only poisonous lizards mentioned in the notes.

Spiny tailed iguana

The fastest reptile.

Chamelion

A reptile capable of changing its color to match its surroundings.

Brookesia minima

The smallest known chameleon.

Snake Non-native Regions

Snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica and are not native to Hawaii, Iceland, Ireland, or New Zealand.

Snake Anatomy

Reptiles with no eyelids, no external ear openings, and no legs.

Shedding

The process of casting off old skin and the film that covers the eyes as a snake grows.

Carnivores

Meat-eaters, which includes all snakes, alligators, and crocodiles.

Green anaconda

The biggest and heaviest snake.

retigulated Python

The longest snake.

Black mamba

The fastest snake and one of the most poisonous land snakes.

Taipan and Krait

Two of the most poisonous land snakes, along with the black mamba.

American alligator

A reptile that grows up to $19$ feet long and can weigh up to $600$ pounds.

Chinese alligator

An alligator species that grows to be about $6$ feet long.

Alligator Sex Determination

The temperature of the nest; embryos develop as males if the temperature is $93$ and females if it is below $83$.

Pod

A group of baby alligators that are protected by the female for about a year.