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Shelled amniotic egg

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Cleidoic egg

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Fluid filled sac of egg

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Amnion

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3
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Respiration & waste storage of egg

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Allantois

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4
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Gaseous exchange of egg

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Chorion

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5
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Type of scales with a ridge down the center

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Keeled

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6
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Order of turtles

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Chelonia

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7
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Amniotes that lack temporal opening

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Anapsids

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Upper part of turtle shell

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Carapace

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9
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Flat bottom part of turtle shell

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Plastron

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10
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Similar to scales, formed in lower vascular layer

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Scutes

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11
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Turtles has what type of fertilization?

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Internal

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12
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What determines turtle sex?

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Temperature

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13
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Higher temp produces (larger or smaller) sex

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Larger

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14
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Male turtles have a ? plastron

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Depressed

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15
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Male turtles have a ? carapace

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Domed

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16
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Side-necked turtle sub-order

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Pleurodira

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17
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Side-necked turtle families

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Chelidae & Pelomedusidae

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18
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S-necked turtle sub-order

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Cryptodira

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19
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Snapping turtle genera (2)

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Chelydra & Macro

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20
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Snapping turtle family

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Chelydridae

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21
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Snapping turtles have ? tails

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Long

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22
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Alligator snapping turtles Genus/Species

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Macroclemys temnicki

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23
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Leatherback sea turtle family

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Dermochelyidae

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Leatherback sea turtle genus/species

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Dermochelys coriacea

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Loggerhead sea turtle family
Cheloniidae
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Loggerhead sea turtle genus/species
Caretta caretta
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Loggerheads reach sexual maturity at ?
Age 35
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Family of the tortosies
Testudinidae
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Soft-shelled turtles family
Trionchyidae
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Soft shelled turtles carapace lacks ?
Bone and Marginal lines
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Musk turtle family
Kinosternidae
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Musk turtle genus/species
Sternotherus odoratus
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Most diverse turtle family
Emydidae
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Box turtle genus/species
Terrapene carolina carolina
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Northern map turtle genus/species
Graptemys geographica
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Wood turtle genus/species
Glyptemys insculpta
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Spotted turtle genus/species
Clemmys guttata
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Northern diamond-backed terrapin genus/species
Malaclemys terrapin
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Croc sub-class
Archosauria
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Type of croc skull
Diapsid
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Croc teeth set in socket
Thecodont
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American alligator order
Crocodilia
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American alligator family
Alligatoridae
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American alligator genus/species
Alligator mississippiensis
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Bi-lobed male reptile copulatory organ
Hemipenes
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Asexual reproduction of female reptiles
Parthenogenesis
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Type of skull of reptiles
Squamata
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2 arches developed on the side of retile skull
Diapsid
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Diapsid skulls allows jaw to ?
Open wider
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Teeth fused to inner surface of jaw bone is?
Pleurodont
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Teeth attacked to the edge of the jawbone without sockets
Acrodont
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Lays eggs with little to no embryonic development in mother
Oviparous
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Internal fertilization, nourished by egg yolk, & a live birth
Ovoviviparous
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Embryo development in mother & live birth
Viviparous
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Fleshy tongued lizard suborder
Inguania
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Fleshy flap under chin of reptiles
Dewlap
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Family of lizards, anole, & iguanas
Inguanidae
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Inguanidae have (1) scales & (2) dewlaps
(1) small & (2) large
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Tongue is (1) and cannot be (2)
(1) short & (2) projected
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Fence, & horned lizards family
Phrynosomatidae
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Hard tongued Lizards suborder
Scleroglossa
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Olfactory sense organ
Jacobson's Organ
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Skinks family
Scincidae
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Glass lizard family
Anguidae
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Family of 2/3 of all snakes
Colubridae
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Eastern Slender glass lizard genus/species
Ophisaurus attenuatus
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Northern water snake genus/species
Nerodia sipedon
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Brown water snake genus/species
Nerodia taxispilota
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Ribbon snake family
Columbridae
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2nd most diverse snake family (venomous)
Viperidae
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The viperidae venom is found it ?
Pit organs
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Eastern cottonmouth genus/species
Agkistrodon piscivorus
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Northern copperhead genus/species
Agkistrodon contortrix
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Timber rattlesnake genus/species
Crotalus horridus
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Eastern spiny softshell turtle genus/species
Apalone spinifera
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Green Anole genus/species
Anolis carolinensis
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5 lined skink genus/species
Eumeces fasciatus
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Garter snake genus
Thamnophis
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Brown snake genus/species
Storeria dekayi
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Western diamondback snake genus/species
Crotalus atrox
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False northern map turtle genus/species
Graptemys pseudogeographica

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