1) Is this specimen poisonous?
2) What is the saying that specifies how to tell if it is a poisonous snake?
3) What does the venom do?
4) How can you cure/stop the effects of the venom?
This is either Lampropeltis or Elapidae but based on the questions it has to be Elapidae?? But I think it's Lampropeltis so idk
1. No?????
2. Something along the lines of "Red touch black, safe for Jack. Red touches yellow, kills a fellow."
3. Neurotoxin that paralyzes breathing muscles
4. Antivenom and artificial respiration methods
Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: November 21st, 2018, 5:25 pm
by Galahad
(Oops I accidentally put the wrong snake... next time I'll double check the picture name haha)
But yeah, correct. Your turn!
Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: November 23rd, 2018, 1:08 pm
by kate!
[img]https://bit.ly/2FFoTPy[/img]
1. Identify this specimen down to the nearest taxon required by the official list.
2. Why is this specimen's diet limited to only small organisms?
3. What defense mechanism is this specimen's common name referring to?
4. True or false: This taxon lives only in North America.
Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: November 23rd, 2018, 3:57 pm
by vehicleguy
kate! wrote:
[img]https://bit.ly/2FFoTPy[/img]
1. Identify this specimen down to the nearest taxon required by the official list.
2. Why is this specimen's diet limited to only small organisms?
3. What defense mechanism is this specimen's common name referring to?
4. True or false: This taxon lives only in North America.
1. Ophisaurus
2. They have non-flexible jaws.
3. Like other lizards, the glass lizard's tail can break off into many pieces, similar to glass.
4. True
Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: November 23rd, 2018, 4:11 pm
by kate!
vehicleguy wrote:
kate! wrote:
[img]https://bit.ly/2FFoTPy[/img]
1. Identify this specimen down to the nearest taxon required by the official list.
2. Why is this specimen's diet limited to only small organisms?
3. What defense mechanism is this specimen's common name referring to?
4. True or false: This taxon lives only in North America.
1. Ophisaurus
2. They have non-flexible jaws.
3. Like other lizards, the glass lizard's tail can break off into many pieces, similar to glass.
4. True
4 is false, otherwise everything is correct. Your turn!
Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: November 23rd, 2018, 6:36 pm
by vehicleguy
[img]http://rrecord.com/rrecord-live/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1-Hiss-terrier_bg.jpg[/img]
1. Identify the snake by family and genus.
2. Which of this species will be larger; males or females?
3. Which animal population does this snake often control?
4. True or false: This species is born with both fangs and venom that are as dangerous as adults.
5. Young snakes of this species often flick their tails to attract prey. This technique is known as______
Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: December 2nd, 2018, 12:49 pm
by kate!
vehicleguy wrote:
[img]http://rrecord.com/rrecord-live/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1-Hiss-terrier_bg.jpg[/img]
1. Identify the snake by family and genus.
2. Which of this species will be larger; males or females?
3. Which animal population does this snake often control?
4. True or false: This species is born with both fangs and venom that are as dangerous as adults.
5. Young snakes of this species often flick their tails to attract prey. This technique is known as_____
1. Family Viperidae, Genus Agkistrodon
2. Males
3. Rodents
4. True
5. Tail vibration??
Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: December 2nd, 2018, 3:41 pm
by vehicleguy
kate! wrote:
vehicleguy wrote:
[img]http://rrecord.com/rrecord-live/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1-Hiss-terrier_bg.jpg[/img]
1. Identify the snake by family and genus.
2. Which of this species will be larger; males or females?
3. Which animal population does this snake often control?
4. True or false: This species is born with both fangs and venom that are as dangerous as adults.
5. Young snakes of this species often flick their tails to attract prey. This technique is known as_____
1. Family Viperidae, Genus Agkistrodon
2. Males
3. Rodents
4. True
5. Tail vibration??
All of them are correct except question 5 which is caudal luring. Your turn
Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: December 2nd, 2018, 5:19 pm
by kate!
[img]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/864/39361244920_f037584660.jpg[/img]
1. Identify the family and genus of this specimen.
2. Do these specimens breathe through pulmonary or cutaneous respiration?
3. One species of this genus is a ring species. Define ring species and name the species.
4. Explain a unique defense mechanism of this specimen having to do with its tail. (I am not looking for autotomy.)
Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: December 6th, 2018, 5:41 am
by MattChina
1. Plethodontidae, Ensatina
2. cutaneous
3. A situation in which two populations cannot interbreed are living in the same region. Connected by a geographic ring of populations that can interbreed. Ensatina eschscholtzii
4. milky secretions on the tail