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87 Cards in this Set
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The Mexican Parrot Snake is a _____ type forager.
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seize and swallow
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American Crocodiles are widespread and abundant in Florida.
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False
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The ____ are very fast predators that feed by running down their prey.
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Whiptails
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According to the Florida Museum of Natural History, there are ____ species of crocodilians worldwide
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23
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The Desert Iguana is indigenous to ____.
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The American southwest
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The ____ Python has been introduced to the everglades and apparently is becoming established there.
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Burmese
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The ____ is a scavenger that may occasionally kill and eat mammals.
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Komodo dragon
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Pythons differ from boas in that boas are ____.
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live-bearing
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The giant salamander is ____. in length
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1.6 meters
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Chameleons are able to change their body color because of specialized cells called ____.
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chromatophores
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Snake venom is made of ____.
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proteins
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The Spadefoot toads are native to ____.
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North America
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Salamanders reach their highest diversity in ____.
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Northern Hemisphere
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A species of chameleon has been introduced to Florida
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True
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The Nile Crocodile is the largest species of crocodile in ____.
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Africa
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Terrestrial Caecilians are mostly adapted for ____.
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burrowing
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Caecilians are not found in the tropics of ____.
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Australia
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Cone-nosed toads are adapted for burrowing.
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True
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The ____ is an example of an herbivorous lizard.
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Green Iguana
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In Florida, alligators are hunted recreationally.
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True
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The ____ is the largest species of seaturtle
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Leatherback
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THe American Crocodile is still found on various islands in the Caribbean.
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True
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An endemic family of frogs is found on a series of oceanic islands formed by ____.
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continental drift
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The dorsal part of a turtle's shell is called ____.
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carapace
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Smaller lizards are mostly adapted for eating ____.
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insects
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____ lizards feed on eggs, small mammals and birds.
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Monitor
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Among the Amphibia, several species are adapted for feeding on plants as adults.
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False
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All turtles are egg layers.
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True
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The ____ are lizards with specially adapted toe pads for clinging to vertical surfaces.
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geckos
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The less evolutionary advanced salamanders are mostly ____.
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aquatic
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The Tree Lizards inhabit ____.
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pinyon-juniper woodland
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There are no native species of chameleons on Madagascar.
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False
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Parthenogenesis is seen in about 1/3 of the species in the lizard genus ____.
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Cnemidiphorous
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The ____ gecko is a common introduced gecko in Gainesville, Florida.
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Mediterranean
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There are roughly ____ species of caecilians
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165
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The largest salamander is native to ____.
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Japan
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A species of Poison Arrow Frog has been successfully introduced to the Baltimore area where it has been implicated in the reduction of cockroaches.
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False
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The ____ Anole is a common species introduced to Florida.
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Cuban
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Garter Snakes are ____ type foragers.
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Seize and Swallow
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The introduced Nile Monitor in Florida may possibly become a threat to native ____.
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burrowing owls
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The development of young from unfertilized eggs is called ____.
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parthenogenesis
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There are roughly ____ species of salamanders.
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310
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Of the sea turtles, only the ____ is chiefly herbivorous
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Green Sea Turtle
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Temperature-dependent sex determination was discovered in a study of ____.
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Red-eared turtles
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The term "plastron" refers to part of a turtle's ____.
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shell
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According to a team of researches, giant tortoises once occurred on all the continents accept ____.
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Australia
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The eye-lash viper has a ____ between the eye and nostril.
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Heat detecting pit
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The modern order Squamata most likely descended from the fossil reptile group _____.
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Archosauria
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albatrosses are grouped with the ____.
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Shearwaters
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Pelagic birds like the tubenoses live in ____.
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far out at sea
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Rheas have ____ toes per foot.
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3
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Swans and geese tend to be plumage ____.
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monochromatic
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Several captively bred California Condors have been released in ____.
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Arizona
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The Hoatzin is a species native to ____.
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South America
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Emus have ____ toes per foot.
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3
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Collecting bird nests and eggs was once a popular pastime for the wealthy.
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True
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There are ____ species of Mergansers in North America.
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3
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There are actually ____ species of kiwi.
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3
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Grebes are loon-like birds with ____ feet.
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lobed
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The whistling ducks were once called ____ ducks.
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tree
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The elephant bird was native to New Guinea
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False
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____ wrote a fascinating book called The Island Waterfowl
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Milton Weller
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The ____ is an example of a perching duck that is native to South America
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Muscovy
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Diving ducks and dabbling ducks tend to be plumage ____.
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dichromatic
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Ratite birds are characterized by having a ____.
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flat sternum
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Of the ratites only the ____ has just two toes.
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Ostrich
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____ are an example of a dabbling duck.
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Mallards
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BIrds descended from the subclass ____ of fossil reptiles.
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Archosauria
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Species in the pelican - cormorant group have ____ feet.
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totipalmate
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The ____ are an example of a diving duck.
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Scoup
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Loons have suffered declines on their breeding grounds because of ____.
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acid rain
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Dabbling Ducks generally feed in ____>
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shallow water
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The Anhinga or snake bird is actually in the same order as ____.
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pelicans
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THe ____ was once called a pigeon hawk.
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Merlin
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Diving ducks mostly feed on ____.
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invertebrates
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About half the species of birds in the world belong to the order ____.
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Passeriformes
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The ____ has claws on its wings to help it climb through vegetation.
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Hoatzin
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White pelicans differ from other members in the order in that they do not ____.
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dive from the air for food
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The ____ are broad-winged soaring species.
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Buteos
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The ____ were African ratites introduced to Australia
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Ostriches
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There are about ____ species of bird.
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9700
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The ____ is considered a sea duck even though it lives mostly inland.
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Common Goldeneye
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In various species of grouse, the males come to a common site called a ____ to attempt to attract mates by inflating air sacs and chasing other males.
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Lek
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In England ____ is another name for loons
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divers
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Petrels are related to ____.
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Shearwaters
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The ____ is one species of bird with a keen sense of smell.
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turkey vulture
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The ___ are long-tailed, short-winged acrobatic fliers that mostly feed on birds.
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Accipiters
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