Snakes Flashcards

Any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongated reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species.

Kingdom = Animalia Phylum = Chordata Class = Reptilia Order = Squamata Suborder = Serpentes

Lizards and 95% of all reptiles.

<p>Lizards</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Male</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Female</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Neolates</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hatchling</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Snakelets</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Den, bed, pit, nest</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Snakes have full belly scales; legless lizards have divided belly scales. Snakes have forked tongues; legless lizards have no forked tongues. Snakes have ears inside; legless lizards have exterior ears.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Green Anaconda, can grow to be longer than 29 feet, weigh over 550 lbs, and have a diameter of 12 inches.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An ancient crocodile-eating snake that could be 40-43 ft long and lived after dinosaurs went extinct.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Indian and Pacific Oceans, also around the waters in Florida.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Antarctica, Iceland, Ireland, Greenland, and New Zealand.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>3,600</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>600</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>200</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Vipera Berus - found in the Arctic Circle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>20</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Alaska</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>14</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>2; Timber rattlesnake and Copperhead</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An animal that is controlled by the environment around them; dependent on external sources of heat or 'cold-blooded.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sun, water, air, heat lamp.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An animal that can generate its own body heat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>5x the amount that an endotherm will eat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Moving to other areas (underground/shelter); basking to lie in or be exposed to pleasant warmth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When your body temperature is too low; ectotherms can't stay warm because they don't generate their own body heat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The constriction of blood vessels to reduce blood flow to extremities to retain heat in the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Respiration, digestion, heart rate; autonomic and involuntary.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A rare occurrence where a large number of snakes will 'den up' together.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Overheating; ectotherms can overheat if their environment is too hot.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Prolonged dormancy of an animal during a hot or dry period.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dilation or widening of blood vessels; allows more blood (heat) to be carried to the skin where it can be released to cool the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Their metabolic rates increase and burn more calories.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lower, because they don't need to use energy to generate body heat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>If they are in a good environment, they don't need to regulate their body temperature and they need less food.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1-2 weeks; can go up to 6 months.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nocturnal or crepuscular.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Awake and active at night.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Appearing or active at dawn/dusk.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By swallowing prey alive or constricting.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Mobile quadrate bone; 2. Split lower jaw.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A small piece of bone at the rear skull that serves as a mobile hinge between the small and lower jaw, giving it a larger degree of motion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The bones of the lower jaw are not fused in front; they are connected by an elastic ligament, allowing each side to stretch outward and move independently.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It should be the same size as the snake's widest part, ideally 1-1.5x the middle of your snake.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Drench the prey in saliva; thrust windpipe into throat to breathe; use muscles to simultaneously crush food; stomach acid breaks down proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. Likes to be fed in a dark, safe spot away from predators.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>~4 days.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When skin becomes noticeable between scales (think stretch marks).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Large around the middle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Firm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Internal, small holes on the side of their head that are covered by skin and scales.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Filled with air; allows it to detect motion, position, and sound waves (vibration).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pit organs - holes on their faces that can detect heat from warm bodies up to one meter away.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The spectacle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Snake's eyesight improves when it feels threatened; forked tongues allow snakes to gather scents from different directions all at once; snake musk is a nasty smell that is released when a snake needs to defend itself.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The tongue.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Smell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Moisture on the tongue.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Decodes molecules to identify smell and make an exact image of what they're smelling; located above the mouth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Skin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Surface cells filled with keratin that prevent the loss of body water in dry environments; snakes are born with all the scales that they will ever have.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Shedding of skin in reptiles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Their scales grow larger when the reptile grows larger.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Oils.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Males.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hollow, interlocked segments that are added every time a snake sheds its skin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The birth button.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hypothermia, hyperthermia, vasodilation, vasoconstriction, brumation, aestivation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lower metabolic rates; they don't need to use energy to regulate body temperature.</p> Signup and view all the answers