The ________ is an example of a rear-fanged snake. - Brown Tree Snake
Sea turtles typically nest only on beaches ____________. - where they were hatched
The evolution of ___________ in reptiles is seen as an adaptation for survival in a dry climate. -
epidermal scales
The dorsal part of a turtl...
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The ________ is an example of a rear-fanged snake. - ✔✔Brown Tree Snake
Sea turtles typically nest only on beaches ____________. - ✔✔where they were hatched
The evolution of ___________ in reptiles is seen as an adaptation for survival in a dry climate. -
✔✔epidermal scales
The dorsal part of a turtle's shell is called the ____________ - ✔✔carapace
The _________ is the extra-embryonic membrane that collects embryonic wastes. - ✔✔allantois
TSD is seen most commonly in sea turtles and ____________ - ✔✔crocodilans
The _____________ is a hard-shelled sea turtle that feeds chiefly on sea grass and macro algae. -
✔✔green turtle
Sea turtles have declined, in part, because they are killed _________ - ✔✔for food
The sand skink of central Florida is characterized by having ______________ - ✔✔vestigial legs
About _____ species of the order crocodylia occur in the world today - ✔✔22
The indigo snake is an example of a species that uses the _____________ foraging mode. - ✔✔seize and
swallow
The Euryapsid groups of fossil reptiles lived in ________ enviornments. - ✔✔marine
,Researchers from _______________________ found that, like the amphibians, populations of many
species of reptiles were declining. - ✔✔Savanna River Ecology Lab
As the reptiles evolved the amniote egg, plants evolved ______ as an adaptation to the changing
enviornment. - ✔✔seeds
There are roughly ________ species of turtles in the world today - ✔✔350
The ___________ is the largest living turtle. - ✔✔leatherback
____ of the fossil reptile groups ultimately went extinct and left no descendants. - ✔✔2
Most lizards feed on ______ although there are exceptions to this pattern. - ✔✔insects
Snakes generally evolved to feed on _________ although there are a few exceptions to this pattern. -
✔✔vertebrates
____________ is an important region in central Florida for several specialized species such as the sand
skink and other species of lizards. - ✔✔Lake Wales Ridge
A reduced plastron to the shape of a cross is characteristic of the ____________ - ✔✔snapping turtle
____________ was a professor in the UF zoology department who was a pioneer in biological studies of
sea turtles. - ✔✔Archie Carr
The fossil reptiles diversified into __ subclasses - ✔✔6
Perhaps the main reason the reptiles were able to dominate the Mesozoic was that they were
______________ - ✔✔not dependent on water for reproduction
The ____ is a species of lizard that is harvested commercially in South America for its skin. - ✔✔tegu
,The fossil subgroups of reptiles are identifiable by their ___________________ - ✔✔skull opening
pattern
The ___________ is an example of an herbivorous lizard - ✔✔iguana
The Gopher Tortoise is classified in Florida by the FWC as _________ - ✔✔SSC
Webbed feet and a depressed bill are characteristics of the order ______________ - ✔✔Anseriformes
The Wading Birds in Florida have suffered from ___________ in south Florida. - ✔✔parasitism, mercury
poisoning, interrupted hydroperiod
The state of Florida lists the __________________ as being threatened but the USFWS lists it as
endangered - ✔✔Red-cockaded Woodpecker
The tail vertebrae in modern birds are fused to form a structure called the _____________ -
✔✔pygostyle
Since the 1930s wading bird _____________ have declined by 95% in Everglades National Park -
✔✔nesting attempts
The flightless ______ of the Mascarene Islands were related to the modern pigeons and doves. -
✔✔Dodos
________ dentition refers to the condition where the teeth are set on top of the jaw. - ✔✔Acrodont
Woodpeckers build a cup nest in a tree cavity excavated by Bluebirds. - ✔✔False
The so-called Snail Kite feeds almost exclusively on ____________ - ✔✔apple snails
Scientists believe that Archaeopteryx was a bird because it had _______ - ✔✔feathers
, There are ___ bird species officially listed as endangered by the state of Florida - ✔✔8
The _________ is a wading bird that occurs in Florida that feeds on freshwater mollusks - ✔✔Limpkin
Archaeopteryx fossils date back to the _________ period in Bavaria - ✔✔Jurassic
The ________ are game birds found on islands in the south Pacific and in Australia whose young hatch
ready to fly - ✔✔Megapodes
The ______________ builds a cup nest in cavities in trees - ✔✔Eastern Bluebird
A conical shaped beak, as seen in finches, is an adaptation for feeding on _____ - ✔✔seeds
_______ swallow their prey whole and then regurgitate the skins and bones in pellets. - ✔✔Owls
The ________ is the flightless parrot. - ✔✔Kakapo
Ratite birds all occur in the ________ hemisphere - ✔✔southern
The order Gruiformes is represented by several species of flightless ______ on oceanic islands - ✔✔rails
All birds are oviparous. - ✔✔True
The birds are thought to have evolved from the same reptilian subclass as the ______________ -
✔✔crocodilians
A facial disk is a characteristic of the _____ - ✔✔owls
There about ________ species of passeriform birds - ✔✔5100
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