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Lab Exam Lab #10
Class Reptila
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What order are snakes and lizards part of? | Order squamata |
| What is the function of the Jacobson's organ and where is it located? | Organ in the roof of the mouth. Tongue transfers pheromones and food-derived chemicals to this organ. |
| What is unique about the name of the Horned Toad? | Actually a lizard. |
| How can you identify a coral snake? | Red on yellow, kill a fellow. Red on black, friend of jack. |
| How does the juvenille black rat snake resemble the adult? | Mistaken for copperheads, lighter gray than parents, as matures, color gets darker |
| Does the black rate snake have teeth or fangs? | Teeth |
| What separates lizards from alligators? | Lizards shed skin, alligators do not shed so their skin becomes thick and tough. |
| What order are turtles part of? | Order Chelonia |
| Is the vertebrae part of the plastron or the carapace? | Carapace |
| Which part of the turtle is the plastron and which is the carapace? | Top Shell is carapace and bottom shell is plastron. |