Tech 5 Snakes and Lizards test

Question 1

What are the two most common cause of disease in exotics?

Answer 1

Husbandry and nutrition

Question 2

What are Chelonians?

Answer 2

Turtles

Question 3

What are Rhyncocephlia?

Answer 3

Tuatara

Question 4

What are the suborders of the Squamata family?

Answer 4

Serpentes (snakes) & Sauria (Lizards)

Question 5

How many different speices of reptiles are there?

Answer 5

7,700

Question 6

The science of dealing with reptiles is called?

Answer 6

Herpetology

Question 7

What kind of heart do reptiles have?

Answer 7

3 chambered

Question 8

How do reptiles breathe?

Answer 8

Lungs

Question 9

Are reptiles omnivores, carnivores or herbivores?

Answer 9

Most are carnivores

Question 10

Are reptiles more active during the day or at night?

Answer 10

Day (diurnal)

Question 11

What kind of eggs do reptiles lay?

Answer 11

Leathery

Question 12

What is Parthogenesis?

Answer 12

Asexual reproduction. Embryo can develop without being fertilized.

Question 13

Where do Arboreal reptiles live?

Answer 13

Trees

Question 14

Where do terrestrial reptiles live?

Answer 14

Land

Question 15

Where do aquatic reptiles live?

Answer 15

Water

Question 16

Where do marine reptiles live?

Answer 16

Ocean

Question 17

Which reptile is the most primative group of reptiles?

Answer 17

Chelonians (turtles)

Question 18

Where do turtles live?

Answer 18

Water

Question 19

Where do tortoises live?

Answer 19

Land

Question 20

What is the dorsal part of a turtles shell called?

Answer 20

Carapace (made of 50 bones)

Question 21

What is the ventral part of a turtles shell called?

Answer 21

Plastron (made of 9 bones)

Question 22

What are scutes?

Answer 22

Kertanized epithelium covering the bones of the shell. They will fall off.

Question 23

Can turtles leave their shell?

Answer 23

NO

Question 24

What organ structure do turtles lack?

Answer 24

Diaphragm

Question 25

Where do turtles lungs attach?

Answer 25

Carapace

Question 26

If a turtles head is in its shell what is the turtle doing?

Answer 26

Holding its breath

Question 27

What is buccal pumping?

Answer 27

When the skin under their mouth continuously inflates and deflates. Stressed and hot turtles are most often seen with this.

Question 28

What unique system do turtles have?

Answer 28

Renal portal system

Question 29

What is a turtles mouth called?

Answer 29

Beak

Question 30

Where does the digestive tract in a turtle empty into?

Answer 30

Cloaca

Question 31

Where do the urogenital ducts empty into in a turtle?

Answer 31

Bilobed bladder

Question 32

What is the monocytic like cell in a turtle?

Answer 32

Azuraphil

Question 33

What urogenital structure do turtles lack?

Answer 33

Loop of Henle

Question 34

What type of shell and eyes do aquatic turtles have?

Answer 34

Flat shell with eyes on top of head.

Question 35

What is an aquatic turtles POTZ?

Answer 35

75-82F

Question 36

What kind of eaters are aquatic turtles?

Answer 36

Omnivorous

Question 37

What % humidity do turtles need?

Answer 37

50-70%

Question 38

How often are adult turtles fed?

Answer 38

2 x 3 times a week

Question 39

How often are young turtles fed?

Answer 39

Everyday or every other day

Question 40

What type of shell and eyes do terrestrial turtles have?

Answer 40

Dome shell with the eyes on the side of the head.

Question 41

What is a terrestrial turtles POTZ?

Answer 41

75-90F

Question 42

What kind of eaters are terrestrial turtles?

Answer 42

Herbivorous

Question 43

What disease are turtles prone to?

Answer 43

Metabolic bone disease