| A | B |
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| AMPHIBIAN | Class with characteristics of ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals |
| anamniotic | Does NOT have a membrane forming a fluid-filled cavity (the amniotic sac) that encloses the embryo |
| NOT | AFFIX "A/AN" |
| metamorphosis | change in form |
| army | group of frogs |
| AMPHIBIA | class of salamanders, newts, frogs, and toads |
| Anura | order of amphibians without tails |
| Urodela | order of amphibians with tails |
| ECTOTHERMIC | Animals that hibernate or aestivate if extreme conditions |
| TYMPANIC MEMBRANE | DETECTS VIBRATIONS |
| TADPOLES | Young amphibian larvae |
| METAMORPHOSIS | PHYSICAL CHANGE FROM LARVA TO ADULT |
| Cutaneous respiration | SKIN BREATHING |
| three | How many chambers are in an amphibian's heart? |
| amphibia | Greek affix, meaning 'life on land and water' |
| herpetology | Study of reptiles and amphibians |
| oviparous | Term for laying large amounts of gelatinous eggs that are fertilized outside of the body |
| reptiles | An ectothermic class of vertebrate that has lungs and scaly skin. |
| amniotic | egg composed of shell and membranes that create a protected environment in which the embryo can develop out of the water. |
| ectotherms | body temperature fluctuates with its environment. |
| Testudines | order for turtles and tortoises |
| Squamata | order for lizards and snakes |
| Mesozoic Era | time period of the reptiles |
| Jacobson's Organ | a scent organ consisting of a pair of sacs or tubes typically in the roof of the mouth--commonly found in snakes and lizards |
| carapace | dorsal part of the shell |
| Autotomy | ability of some species to lose their tail if caught by a predator |
| constrictor | wraps around & suffocates |
| Elapid | inject poison through 2 small fixed fangs in front of the mouth |
| keratin | Protein, that creates their thick scaly skin |
| three | number of heart chambers for class reptilia |
| plastron | ventral portion of the turtle/tortoise shell |
| Crocodilia | order of crocodiles and alligators |
| torpor | reptiles form of hibernation |
| hemotoxin | A poison that attacks the red blood cells and blood vessels, destroying circulation |
| neurotoxin | a poison that acts on the nervous system; affects heart rate and breathing |
| external | fertilization of egg by sperm outside the organism's body |
| hemo | affix meaning "blood" |
| neuro | affix meaning "nerve" |
| toxin | affix meaning "poison or venom of plant or animal origin" |
| internal | fertilization of egg by sperm inside the organism's body |
| oviparous | producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body |
| nicatating membrane | helps in protecting the eyes of the amphibians from water and mud while swimming |
| terrestrial | land dwellers |
| aquatic | water dwellers |
| marine | salt water/ocean dwellers |
| glottis | slit like opening in the mouth behind the tongue used for breathing and vocalizing |
| vomerine | hold prey in place before swallowing |
| nicitating membrane | helps in keeping the eyes moist when the frog is on land |
| nictitating membrane | helps in protecting the eyes of the amphibians from water and mud while swimming in water |
