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Lesson 6c: Reptiles --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I. True or False: Write T for True and F for False. II. Identification: Write your answer on the blanks provided below.
____1. Amniotes have gilled larvae. 1. ____________ is the sole survivor of a reptile group that otherwise

____2. Reptiles have poorly developed circulatory systems. disappeared 100 million years ago.

____3. Snakes have good vision, good sense of smell and poor 2. ____________ is the most common copulatory organ in amniotes.

sound reception. 3. Amniotes have ____________ fertilization.

____4. Tuatara have slow growth and slow reproductive rates. 4. The ____________ of non-avian reptiles is efficiently designed for
crushing or gripping force to prey.
____5. In New Zealand, there are only 2 living species from Order
5. The ____________ of non-avian reptiles is muscular and mobile
Sphenodontia. and functions to move food in mouth for mastication and
____6. Like mammals, all reptiles have 2 atria and 2 ventricles. swallowing.

____7. Reptiles have large brains and small cerebra. 6. Animals of order Testudines have shells that consist of a dorsal
____________ and a ventral ____________.
____8. Turtles cannot expand their chest to breathe because of
7. Olfaction in reptiles is assisted by _______________________, a
their rigid shell. specialized olfactory chamber in the roof of the mouth.

____9. Less than 20% of all snakes are venomous, although 8. The bony layer in turtles is a fusion of ____________ and
____________.
venomous species outnumber non venomous species by 4
to 1 in New Zealand. 9. To solve their breathing problems, turtles use abdominal and
pectoral muscles to act as a ____________.
____10. Reptiles have more complex nervous systems than
10. ___________ _____________ are nearly limbless (AKA legless lizards).
amphibians.
11. Lizards keep body temperature relatively constant by
______________

12. Except for ____________, snakes are limbless and have lost
pectoral and pelvic girdles.
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13. _________________________ allows them to eat prey several times III. Enumeration: Enumerate what is asked of.
their own diameter.
A. Three Major Characteristics of Amniotes
14. ___________ _____________ is extended to allow breathing during 1. __________________________________
the slow process of swallowing in snakes.
2. __________________________________
15. Instead of vision or hearing as the main senses, snakes use 3. __________________________________
_____________ senses to hunt prey. B. Factors correlated to the enlargement of the cerebrum in
16. Most snakes have poor vision except for _____________ snakes in reptiles
tropical forests. 4. __________________________________
17. Pit vipers such as rattlesnakes have _______________ with nerve 5. __________________________________
endings sensitive to heat emitted by warm-bodied birds and C. Only lizards capable of a venomous bite
mammals.
6. __________________________________
18. _______________ acts on the nervous system, causing blindness or 7. __________________________________
inhibiting respiration.
D. Snakes with the most deadly venom per unit volume
19. Tuataras have a well-developed _________________________ on the 8. __________________________________
head buried beneath the skin.
9. __________________________________
20. _______________ ______________ is the morphological arrangement
of teeth in deep sockets.
IV. Fill the Tables: Fill in the following tables with the correct answer.
21. Turtles have an outer horny layer of _______________and an inner
layer of _______________. 1-5. turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles

22. Turtles lack _____________ so they use tough, horny plates for oviparous/ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
viviparous/
gripping food. ovoviviparous
23. Lizards conserve water by producing _________________________.

24. Some lizards can store ________ in tails to provide energy and 6-9. male female male female
metabolic water during drought. turtles turtles crocodiles crocodiles

25. Jacobson’s organs is a pair of pits in the roof of the mouth high/low 6. 7. 8. 9.
lined with ________________ _________________.. temperature
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10-15. anapsids diapsids synapsids ____1. Where urine is produced in reptiles.

0/1/2 openings 10. 11. 12. ____2. This is infolded between scales and is unfolded when

stretched by a large meal.

Occurs in 13. 14. 15.
mammals/turtles/reptiles ____3. The suborder that snakes belong to.

____4. Many of these animals have an extendible tongue.

16-19. snakes lizards ____5. Have small, agile and nocturnal forms. Also have adhesive

movable/non-movable eyelids 16. 17. toe pads to allow mobility on ceilings.

____6. The order that tuataras belong to.

have/lack external ears 18. 19.
____7. Include many New World lizards. Some marine species can

be found in the Galápagos islands.

V. Matching Type: Choices may be repeated.
____8. The order that crocodiles and alligators belong to.
A. amnion K. adrenal glands ____9. The order that snakes and lizards belong to.
B. allantois L. Order Testudines
____10. Animals from this order lay eggs in a nest and desert them.
C. chorion M. Order Squamata
D. kidneys ____11. The suborder that geckos, iguanas & chameleons belong to.
N. Order Sphenodontia
E. cloaca O. Order Crocodilia ____12. Salt is removed by these glands near the nose, eyes or
F. bladder
P. Suborder Sauria tongue of reptiles.
G. skin
Q. Suborder Serpentes ____13. The suborder that lizards belong to.
H. rectal glands
R. Geckos
I. salt glands ____14. The order that turtles belong to.
S. Iguanids
J. adrenal glands ____15. The order that accounts for up to 95% of living reptiles.
T. Chameleons
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VI. Label the Diagrams: Fill in the blank boxes with the correct labels. 6-9. Anatomy of a Venomous Snake
1-3. Skeletal System of a Turtle

4-5. Skeletal System of a Snake 10-12. Chambers of a Snake