Reptile Lecture Test Review

Question 1

Ectothermic

Answer 1

No metabolic heat, relies on outside environment to regulate

Question 2

Reptilia + Amphibia

Answer 2

Herpetology

Question 3

Parthenogenesis

Answer 3

female asexual reproduction

Question 4

Most reptiles have ( ) offspring

Answer 4

Precocial

Question 5

Oviparous vs viviparous

Answer 5

egg vs live bearer

Question 6

Ecithotrophic vivipartiy (ovoviviparity)

Answer 6

eggs retained in female until developed

Question 7

Lizard hearing

Answer 7

typanum

Question 8

Snake hearing

Answer 8

sense vibrations with jaw, quadrate bone

Question 9

Orders

Answer 9

Testudines, crocodylia, sphenodontia, squamata

Question 10

Crocodilian teeth

Answer 10

thecodont (fully rooted)

Question 11

Osteoderms

Answer 11

bony plates on crocodilians

Question 12

Cryptodira

Answer 12

hidden-neck (SO)

Question 13

Pleurodira

Answer 13

side-neck (SO)

Question 14

Crocodilia heart

Answer 14

four chambered

Question 15

Lepidosaurs

Answer 15

tuataras and squamates together. no mandibular fenestra, teeth in sockets

Question 15

Chelonia dentition

Answer 15

no teeth, tomium with rhamphotheca

Question 16

Archosaurs

Answer 16

mandibular fenestra, “ruling reptiles”

Question 17

ecdysis

Answer 17

shedding

Question 18

acrodont and pleurodont

Answer 18

incomplete attachment of teeth to jaw

Question 19

caudal autotomy

Answer 19

fracture planes in tail, ability to drop and grow back

Question 20

tuatara

Answer 20

one species left (monotypic?), NZ

Question 21

genitalia

Answer 21

hemipenes and hemiclitorises

Question 22

alligators have an ( )

Answer 22

overbite

Question 23

alligator nostrils are

Answer 23

separated

Question 24

world record gator length

Answer 24

14 ft 9 in

Question 25

don't harass gators but especially dont do it _

Answer 25

dusk till dawn

Question 26

crocodiles have

Answer 26

interlocking teeth

Question 27

crocodiles have ( ) nostrils

Answer 27

close

Question 28

scute seams follow bone sutures, T or F

Answer 28

F

Question 29

Snapping turtle plastron

Answer 29

reduced with only bridge, skin showing

Question 30

Leatherback shells have

Answer 30

7 ridges, throat spines (feed on jellyfish)

Question 31

Spectacled caiman

Answer 31

invasive, u shaped bony protuberance between eyes, pet trade

Question 32

3 of the 5 breeding invasive turtles in FL are found where?

Answer 32

Pond on FIU campus

Question 33

Invasive breeding snake localized to rock pit, may be gone now

Answer 33

Javan file snake

Question 34

FWC pet amnesty

Answer 34

days where you can return an invasive pet at no cost

Question 35

number of breeding invasive lizards in FL

Answer 35

50

Question 36

AST bite force

Answer 36

1150 lbs

Question 37

Lingual luring

Answer 37

tongue appears like worm to prey, used by juvenile ASTs

Question 38

AST diet

Answer 38

everything but a human toe, acorns

Question 39

biggest AST threats

Answer 39

bushhooks, trotlines

Question 40

AST population estimate

Answer 40

4334

Question 41

AST nesting

Answer 41

exit water to lay in dry open area. unknown how hatchlings find their way back to water

Question 42

AST growth

Answer 42

F stop growing at 35, M slows at 60 but doesn't stop

Question 43

AST sexual maturity

Answer 43

reached in 11-21 years

Question 44

American Alligator range

Answer 44

Coastal plains in SE, not beyond fall line

Question 45

AA floating

Answer 45

Buoyancy in head via sinuses

Question 46

AA fishing

Answer 46

forms weir with body to trap fish at tail or force in front of mouth

Question 47

AA temp regulation

Answer 47

basking

Question 48

AA nesting

Answer 48

Eggs hatch in mid-june. other animals lay eggs in alligator nests, mounds of grass and vegetation to cover them. hatchlings vocalize in eggs alerting mother to open the nest

Question 49

AA courtship

Answer 49

Courtship in apr-may, head touching "face off," "orgies"

Question 50

AA sex determination

Answer 50

Colder - F. Higher - M. Super high - 95% F.

Question 51

Number of venomous snakes in FL

Answer 51

6 (7 w/ cottonmouth split, 5 NF)

Question 52

Pitviper dentition

Answer 52

solenoglyph (rotating maxilla, erectile fangs)

Question 53

Elapid dentition

Answer 53

proteroglyph (fixed maxilla and fangs)P

Question 54

Pitviper venom

Answer 54

hemotoxic (destroy red blood cells, irregular clotting)

Question 55

Elapid venom

Answer 55

neurotoxic (interferes with transmission of nerve signals)

Question 56

Venom use

Answer 56

Subduing prey - not for defense

Question 57

Venom mnemonic

Answer 57

Yellow Red STOP

Question 58

Venomous snake victims

Answer 58

primarily male, primarily handling the snake, primarily pygmy or cottonmouth victims (copperhead range doesn't match with NF)

Question 59

Post-venomous bite procedure

Answer 59

Take off jewelry and tight clothing and immediately call 911. Keep the impacted extremity below the heart. Do not use any tools or tourniquets to try and remove the venom or block it off.

Question 60

Dry bite

Answer 60

Bite from a venomous snake in which no venom was dispensed

Question 61

AA water needs

Answer 61

Need water to survive. digging out peat to wet mud so as not to dry out, forming islands on prairie and in everglades when water is low