Lepidosaur EVERYTHING

Question 1

anapsid

Answer 1

0 fenestra (turtles)

Question 2

diapsid

Answer 2

2 fenestrations, sauropsids/truly tuatara

Question 3

synapsid

Answer 3

1 fenestra (mammals

Question 4

acrodont dentition

Answer 4

peg-like, fused to jaw (chameleons)

Question 5

pleurodont dentition

Answer 5

fused to side of jawbone (iguanids)

Question 6

thecodont dentition

Answer 6

in sockets, archosaurs

Question 7

solenoglyphy

Answer 7

viperids, retractable, hollow

Question 8

proteroglyphous

Answer 8

elapids and others, fixed grooved front fangs

Question 9

opisthoglyphy

Answer 9

many colubrids, rear fanged

Question 10

aglyphous

Answer 10

no fangs, many boas

Question 11

keeled scales

Answer 11

look spiky

Question 12

beaded scales

Answer 12

look like beads - chameleons, beaded lizards

Question 13

osteoderms

Answer 13

bony deposits (only heloderma)

Question 14

sphenodontidae

Answer 14

family of tuatara. pineal eye, diapsid skull, low kinesis

Question 15

scincidae

Answer 15

family in squamata. small limbs, short neck, smooth scales, MANY limb losses.

Question 16

gekkonidae

Answer 16

family in squamata. small, toe pads, this is basic geckos but there are 7 families

Question 17

cordylidae

Answer 17

the pine cone looking guy, grabs its tail in defense (within skinks)

Question 18

xantusiidae

Answer 18

night lizard. extremely beaded, smooth head and tail (skink head)

Question 19

teiidae

Answer 19

family in squamata. whiptails, racerunners, tegu. rectangular ventral scales. forked tongues

Question 20

bipedidae

Answer 20

family in squamata. mexican burrowing lizard, front legs only

Question 21

rhineuridae

Answer 21

family in squamata. our family of worm lizards for this exam

Question 22

lacertidae

Answer 22

wall lizards and true lizards he was like idk man

Question 23

gymnophthalimidae

Answer 23

spectacled lizards. our specimen is VERY TINY.

Question 24

elapidae

Answer 24

coral snakes etc. and the big sea snake, all of ours are striped/color blocked

Question 25

colubridae

Answer 25

varied incredibly pls help me

Question 26

boidae

Answer 26

boas. aglyphous, pit organ, pelvic spurs

Question 27

viperidae

Answer 27

pit organs, we have all rattlesnakes that look really pissed off

Question 28

helodermatidae

Answer 28

family in squamata. beaded lizards - wide body, thick tail, blunt head

Question 29

anguidae

Answer 29

we will see a glass lizard! very smooth yay

Question 30

varanidae

Answer 30

monitor lizards. long necks, forked tongues

Question 31

chameleonidae

Answer 31

compressed, fused digits, acrodont

Question 32

iguanidae

Answer 32

spikes, dewlap. includes chuckwallas

Question 33

leiocephalidae

Answer 33

curly-tails

Question 34

corytophanidae

Answer 34

helmeted lizards (basalisks). looks like a skinny beast with a tiny mohawk

Question 35

tropiduridae

Answer 35

ground lizards! slash LAVA. ours looks like an iguana with no head crest

Question 36

dactyloidae

Answer 36

anoles:)

Question 37

phrynisomatidae

Answer 37

fence lizards, includes the horny toad

Question 38

crotaphytidae

Answer 38

collared lizards. pleurodont, smooth, patterned (like fence lizard but smoooth and dots)