VOCAB Slide show by Kelly RiedellBrookings Biology Kidspiration

VOCAB Slide show by Kelly Riedell/Brookings Biology

Kidspiration by Kelly Riedell

CHELONIA TURTLES & TORTOISES Only reptile WITH shell • Only reptile WITHOUT TEETH • TURTLES: Live in or near water TORTOISES: Stay on land http: //www. perlgurl. org/archives/2006/05/hawaiian_honu_the_green_sea_turtle. html http: //www. carcosa. net/jason/blog_images/2005/07/04/african-spurred-tortoise. jpg

LIZARDS SQUAMATA SNAKES http: //thecontaminated. com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/snake-and-kangaroo-1. jpg http: //www. crocodilehunter. com/our-animals/amazing-animals/images/profile_157_250. jpg

JACOBSON’s ORGAN An extrasensory organ in the roof of a snake's mouth • Sharpens its sense of smell. • Two hollow, highly sensitive saclike structures • Allows it to track both prey and potential mates • http: //www. kwic. com/~pagodavista/schoolhouse/species/herps/snktonge. htm

Pit vipers, pythons, and some boas have HEAT SENSING ORGANS • “Pit" organ located between the eye and the nostril on each side of the head. • Detects heat given off by warm-blooded prey http: //www. kwic. com/~pagodavista/schoolhouse/species/herps/snktonge. htm

http: //www. thematzats. com/snakes/images/squeeze. gif Constrictors • Wrap around prey and kill by suffocation • Ex: Boa constrictors http: //www. eastrock. org/brazil/images/bra 19. jpg

VIPERS • Inject venom with large movable fangs Ex: rattlesnakes, copperheads, water moccasins Images from: http: //www. worsleyschool. net/science/files/rattle/snakes. html

ELAPIDS • Inject venom with small fixed (non-movable) fangs Ex: cobras, kraits, coral snakes http: //www. kidsturncentral. com/animals/cobra. htm

AUTOTOMY seen in some lizards • Self amputation to escape predators • Can’t regrow • Costly; lose muscle/stored fat http: //www. californiaherps. com/lizards/images/ecprincipis 1 dn. jpg

CROCODILIA Crocodiles & Alligators Crocodile Long V-shaped snout Teeth exposed when jaw shut Brackish/ocean water Alligator Rounder U-shaped snout Teeth hidden when jaw shut Fresh water Images from: http: //www. animaldanger. com/australia. php

RHYNCHOCEPHALIA “spiny crested” lizard relatives • • Once common now only two species of tuatara on islands near New Zealand Parietal “ 3 rd eye” Images from: http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Tuatara http: //reptilis. net/rhynchocephalia/overview. html