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Reptiles
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- 1—Sphenodontidae- tuatara
● Both temporal fenestrae bounded by complete bony arches
● Acrodont teeth attachment → teeth attach directly to the jaw bone - 2—Corytophanidae
● Distinguishable by their well developed head crests
- 3—Iguanidae
● All are oviparous
- 4—Phrynosomatidae
● Small, spiny lizards with flattened bodies and short tails.
- 5—Phrynosomatidae
● Small, spiny lizards with flattened bodies and short tails.
- 6—Polychrotidae
● Dewlap is a sexually dimorphic trait → is a longitudinal flap of skin that hangs below the lower jaw
- 7—Agamidae
● Tongue is broad, with or without a slit notch
- 8—Agamidae
● Tongue is broad, with or without a slit notch
- 9—Agamidae
● Tongue is broad, with or without a slit notch
- 10—Chameleonidae
● Prehensile tail and have a protrusible, elongate tongue.
zygodactylous
- 11—Chameleonidae
● Prehensile tail and have a protrusible, elongate tongue.
zygodactylous
- 12—Gekkonidae
- 13—Pygopodidae
● Forelimbs are completely absent and only a flap of skin, containing the bones of the four digits, remains= hindlimb flap
- 14—Teiidae
● Osteoderms are absent.
- 15—Amphisbaenia
● Elongate and entirely limbless except for one species
● Right lung is reduced
- 16—Xantusiidae
● The eye is covered with a spectacle and the tongue is short and barely notched
- 17—Scincidae
cycloid scales that are underlain by osteoderms
- 18—Scincidae
cycloid scales that are underlain by osteoderms
- 19—Varanidae
● Tongue is long, forked and highly protrusible
- 20—Helodermatidae
● They are the only venomous lizards → the venomous apparatus is associated with the lower jaw.
- 21—Typhlopidae
blind snakes
burrowers with rudimentary eyes and an absence of large ventral scales
- 22—Boidae
● Retain vestiges of the pelvic girdle
- 23—Viperidae
● Have rotatable maxillae with one fang born on each - solenoglyphous
- 24—Elapidae
● Snakes with deeply grooved set of fangs at the front of the maxilla- proteroglyphous
- 25—Colubridae
Waste basket taxon
- 26—Testudinidae
tortoises
● The carapace is usually strongly arched and dome-shaped
- 27—Emydidae
The temporal region of the skull is extensively emarginated
- 28—Trionychidae
snout is drawn out into a relatively long proboscis
- 29—Cheloniidae
● To support the flippers, the phalanges of the forelimbs are elongated and the bone of the carapace is thinned, improving buoyancy
- 30—Chelydridae
● The limbs are webbed and have well developed claws.
● Long, serrated tail is present
- 31—Chelidae
long, snake-like neck that is folded sideways under the neck.
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- Flashcards on Reptiles, created by An G on 07/12/2021.
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