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Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: December 22nd, 2017, 12:41 pm
by Almandine
Ok let me have another go at this:
1. What is the Family and Genus of this snake?
2. How does the snake deter predators?
3. What animal does it prey upon and what adaptions does it have to consume the prey?
Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: December 22nd, 2017, 2:18 pm
by Froggie
Almandine wrote:Ok let me have another go at this:
1. What is the Family and Genus of this snake?
2. How does the snake deter predators?
3. What animal does it prey upon and what adaptions does it have to consume the prey?
1. Colubridae, Heterodon
2. Hiss, play dead
3. Toads, immune to toxins in toads
Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: December 22nd, 2017, 2:58 pm
by Almandine
1.Correct
2.Technically correct, but was looking for flattens head and coils tail
3. Correct, has teeth in the back of mouth to puncture inflated toads
You may proceed
Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: December 24th, 2017, 10:49 am
by Froggie
I shall proceed

1. Family?
2. Carnivore, herbivore or omnivore?
3. Most species in this family can/cannot regenerate their tails.
Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: December 26th, 2017, 7:00 pm
by Almandine
Froggie wrote:I shall proceed

1. Family?
2. Carnivore, herbivore or omnivore?
3. Most species in this family can/cannot regenerate their tails.
1.
Scincidae
2.
Feeds on invertebrates, Carnivore
3.
Can
Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: December 27th, 2017, 8:55 am
by ScottMaurer19
Almandine wrote:Froggie wrote:I shall proceed

1. Family?
2. Carnivore, herbivore or omnivore?
3. Most species in this family can/cannot regenerate their tails.
1.
Scincidae
2.
Feeds on invertebrates, Carnivore
3.
Can
1.
Anguidae
2.
Carnivore
3.
Cannot?
Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: December 27th, 2017, 5:57 pm
by Froggie
ScottMaurer19 wrote:Almandine wrote:Froggie wrote:I shall proceed

1. Family?
2. Carnivore, herbivore or omnivore?
3. Most species in this family can/cannot regenerate their tails.
1.
Scincidae
2.
Feeds on invertebrates, Carnivore
3.
Can
1.
Anguidae
2.
Carnivore
3.
Cannot?
1. Scincidae
2. Carnivore
3. Can
Almandine may go.
Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: December 28th, 2017, 8:52 pm
by Almandine
What genus does this snake belong to?

Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: January 3rd, 2018, 8:58 pm
by Nick-Yay
Nerodia
Re: Herpetology B/C
Posted: January 3rd, 2018, 9:22 pm
by Almandine
Correct
You may proceed