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Herpetology Test. Valpo High School. Station 1. Family and Genus How many rattle segments are added each year? What is different about their heads? What are the main foods?. Station 2. Family and Common Name Where does the common name come from? Habitat?
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Herpetology Test Valpo High School
Station 1 • Family and Genus • How many rattle segments are added each year? • What is different about their heads? • What are the main foods?
Station 2 • Family and Common Name • Where does the common name come from? • Habitat? • How to distinguish between the two types of turtles in this family?
Station 3 • Family and Genus • Males mating ritual is what? • What type of predator are they?
Station 4 • Family and Genus • What do they eat? • How large are these at birth?
Station 5 • Family • What distinguishes this from the other family? • What part of the US could I found one of these? • Average Size?
Station 6 • Genus • What is something that these frogs do all day and night? • Habitat? • Feature above lip (most have this)?
Station 7 • Family • What do they eat? • Plume-like gills are from what stage of live? • Will they ever lose these? • Number of toes on each foot?
Station 8 • Family and common name • Habitat? • Shell in like what material? • Do these make good pets? Why or why not?
Station 9 • Family • Do only the males make noise? • Mating Season? • Diet type?
1. viperidae and sistrurus, 2-4 segments, 9 plate-like scales, rodents • 2. Kinosternidae and musk and mud turtles, release a musky secretion, mostly aquatic, plastrons are different • 3. Anguidae and glass and alligator lizards, fight and bite one another, carnivorous • 4. Colubridae and Lammpropeltis, snakes lizards rodents and birds, 9-12 inches long • 5.Crocodylidae, snout shape, Florida, 7 – 12 feet • 6. Pseudacris, sing / make noise, aquatic vegetation shrubs, lighter skin line • 7. Proteidae, crayfish worms small fish, larvae, no, 4 • 8. Trionychidae soft-shelled turtles, aquatic, leather, no – have sharp claws and mandibles • 9. Ranidae, no sometimes females do, spring, carnivorous