Cold blooded vertebrates Flashcards
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Vertebrates
animals with backbones
Endotherms
warm blooded animal
Ectotherms
cold blooded animal
Lateral line
visible line along the side of a fish consisting of a series of sense organs
Gills
replacement of lungs that help fish breathe
jaw less fishes
Lamprey Hagfish
Cartilaginous fish
Shark sting ray Batoids
Bony fishes
Catfish Eel Sturgeon
swim bladder
internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish to control their buoyancy
Amphibians
Tetrapod Vertebrates
Lungs
organs that help u breathe
Tadpole
larval stage of frog or toad
Metamorphis
process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form
Caecilian
limbless serpent
Salmanders
lizard like with slender bodies
Frogs
tailless amphibians composing the order Anura
Toads
Dry leathery skin tailless amphibian
Reptiles
Tetrapod animals in the Phylum Reptilla
Amniotic Eggs
Type of egg produced by reptiles and other species
Turtles
Reptile that has special bony or cartilaginous shell that lives in water
Tortoise
Reptile that has special bony or cartilaginous shell that lives on land
Crocodile
Large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics
Alligators
crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae
Snakes
elongated legless carnivorous reptiles