Introduction to terrariums

Question 1

vivarium terrarium difference

Answer 1

Vivarium is any container which makes a home for a pet.

Historically terrarium has been usually a sealable glass container containing soil and plants.

These days these are used interchangeably.

Question 2

define terrapin

Answer 2

a freshwater turtle

Question 3

What order to turtles belong to?

Answer 3

testudines

The order testudines is a monophyletic clade containing 260 species of extant turtles, terrapins and tortoises in 13 families.

Question 4

describe snake colors

Answer 4

they aren’t called colors, they’re called morphs

“A morph is typically a desirable, reproducible color or pattern mutation.”

Morph (zoology), a visual or behavioral difference between organisms of distinct populations in a species.

Question 5

What type of lamps are especially important for reptiles?

Answer 5

UVB-lamps

emit a spectrum of ultraviolet light with wavelengths ranging from 290–320 nanometers.

This spectrum is also commonly called the biological spectrum due to the human body’s sensitivity to light of such a wavelength.

Question 6

What is CITES?

Answer 6

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora.

Also known as Washington Convention.

Multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals.

Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants
does not threaten their survival.

CITES entered in force in 1975.

Question 7

define dendrobate

Answer 7

a genus of toothless mostly small brightly colored tropical American frogs of the family Ranidae having a poisonous skin secretion

ie. poison dart frogs

Question 8

define carapace

Answer 8

the hard upper shell of a tortoise, crustacean, or arachnid.

Question 9

identify

Answer 9

Chinese water dragon

Question 10

identify

Answer 10

green anole

Question 11

identify

Answer 11

collared lizard