Zoology Practical 4 Physical Description

Difference between sirens and mudpuppies

Sirens have 1 pair of feet and mudpuppies have 2

Which taxon have gills on the side of their head

Mudpuppies and Sirens

Which Taxon is small, has skinny frontlegs, fat backlegs, and has a white belly with black spots

Eastern Red Spotted Newt

Which taxon has a big, round head, side ridges, pointy toes, medium sized, with a tiger-like pattern?

Tiger Salamander

Which taxon has reddish eyes, is very tiny, bleached (from being preserved), and has two yellow lines?

Two-lined salamander

Which taxon has 5 toes on back legs, 4 on front, is spotted, chubby, and has larger hindlegs?

Dusky Salamander

What is the order for Salamanders

Order Urodela

Which frog has brown spots, is bumpy, has a wide mouth

Southern Toad

Which frog is very small, has a narrow mouth, and is bleached?

Eastern Narrowmouth Toad

Which frog has a white stripe by its mouth, is smaller, and brown?

Green treefrog

Which frog has a camouflage/tree-like pattern, is bumpy, and is only in a photo?

Cope’s gray treefrog

What kind of frog makes a nasally duck/goose call?

Squirrel Frog

Which frog has a dorsal hump, an X on its back, and a desert-brown color?

Spring Peeper

Which frog is very large, has a brown drosal and a yellow belly with no spots, large,elongated legs, and spots on the side?

Bullfront

Which frog has dorsal spots by its eye and a dorsal ridge?

Green Frog

Which frog has a very prominent dorsal ridge, is covered in brown spots, and has a white belly?

Southern Leopard Frog

Order for Alligators

Order Crocodilia

What is the Order for snakes and lizards?

Order Squamata

Which lizard has 8 scales by its eye and 5 lines?

Broad-headed skink

Which lizard has 7 scales by its eye and 5 lines

Five-lined skink

Which Lizard has smooth skin, is brown (normally green) , and has a very long and skinny tail, and 5 toes on each foot (hindleg toes are abnormally long)

Green Anole

Which lizard is spiny/spiky and has marked stomachs?

Eastern Fence Lizard

Which snake has scales with unique colors, a black tail, flat, diamond shaped head, and an orange rattle

Rattlesnake

Very small snake with a tiny rattle and a slender tail

Pygmy Rattlesnake

Which snake is brown with clear dark brown bands and has a diamond-shaped head

Cotttonmouth

Which snake is a light-tan color with a small, yellowish colored head, and has a hershey kiss pattern on its body.

Copperhead

Which snake is slender, black, plain, with its genitals showing and is anal single

Black Racer

Which snake is very large, keeled scales, a yellow/spotted belly, and anal divided

Black/Eastern Ratsnake

Which snake is small, bleached, anal single, keeled scales, a dark head, and a pale belly?

Dekay’s Brown Snake

Which snake has large and bold links of white/cream, is anal single, has smooth scales, and a splotched belly

Eastern Kingsnake

Which snake is a brown/bleached color, has a very long tail, has its genitals showing, has keeled scales, is small+dainty, and has a very long tail, and anal divided

Rough Greeensnake

which snake is mostly white, anal divided, smooth, small, and has no neck

Eastern Wormsnake

Which snake has an upturned nose, anal divided, keeled scales, underside of its tail is lighter than the body, and has a distinct head shape?

Eastern Hog-Nosed Snake

Which snake is black, keeled, anal divided, has faded bands that don’t connect in the midsection, and has a speckled bottom?

Northern Watersnake

Which snake is anal divided, has a black top, and a very white bottom

Red/Plain-Bellied Watersnake

Which snake is keeled, anal single, and has a stripe on the second scale?

Eastern Gartersnake

Which snake has a very long tail a 1/3rd of its body length, is black w/ stripes, anal single and has a stripe on the 3rd and 4th scale

Eastern Ribbonsnake

What is the order that includes turtles?

Order Testudines

Which turtle has a sharp shell, a long tail, a beak-like mouth, and not much pattern on the tail?

Common Snapping Turtle

Which turtle has a 3 scales on the top of its shell, and is square on the bottom of the shell?

Musk Turtle

Which turtle has 3 spots on the top of its shell and has a triangular bottom?

Mud Turtle

Which turtle has a flared shell and a heavy pattern on the shell?

Eastern Box Turtle

Which turtle has a serrated and ridged shell with ridged edges

Sliding Turtle