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| What do herpetologists study? |
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| Animals that possess four legs are known as? |
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| Which type of movement does a snake use on sandy ground? |
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| To use external means to control body temperature? |
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| What group of amphibians has long bodies and no limbs? |
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| Which type of movement does a snake use following an S-shaped path? |
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| What is a “square” on a turtle’s shell called? |
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| What is a scientist who studies fish called? |
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| What is the turtle’s upper shell that covers its back? |
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| The breathing openings that sharks and rays have behind their eyes? |
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| What characteristic do scientists base the categories of salamanders? |
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| What group are true rays, electric rays, skates, and sawfish classified? |
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| Frogs and toads are in which scientific group? |
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| Process where a mother caecilian grows a new layer of fat to feed her young? |
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| Tooth-like scales found on sharks? |
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| . Largest group of snakes? |
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| The throat fan of an iguanid? |
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| Crocodilian with narrow snout and fourth lower tooth that shows when jaw is closed? |
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| Medicine used to counteract venom? |
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| General term for a turtle that lives on land? |
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| Shark that has eyes on large wings on either side of its head? |
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| A sawfish’s long and unusual nose? |
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| Prominent fin on top of a fish? |
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| Fin located on the side of a fish and behind the gills? |
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| W-shaped band of skeletal muscle? |
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| Protective case that sharks lay their eggs in? |
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| Allows fish to stay suspended in water? |
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| Fin made of a single bone surrounded by muscle? |
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| Hard, movable plate covering a fish’s gills? |
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| Organ used by snakes to detect temperature? |
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| Color-containing cells that control a reptile’s ability to change color? |
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| Color-containing cells that control a reptile’s ability to change color? |
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| Organ used by snakes to detect scent molecules? |
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| Lizard-like reptile with a parietal eye? |
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| Organism that has slime glands to create a slippery coating around it? |
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| Protective layer that surrounds the nutrient-filled egg of a reptile? |
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| Larvae of frogs and toads? |
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| Process of amphibians changing from aquatic larvae to terrestrial adults? |
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| Group of venomous snakes with small, immoveable fangs? |
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| Type of venom that attacks the circulatory system? |
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| Type of venom that attacks the circulatory system? |
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