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B-DIVISION HERPETOLOGY TEST ANSWER KEY BY: BROOKE DIAMOND (scioly bmd234) SLIDE 1 (1 point for each answered; kingdom (1pt) phylum (1pt) etc.) 1. Box turtle 2. Hinged Plastron or Dome-like carapace 3. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Emydidae Genus: Terrapene SLIDE 2 1. Green Iguana 2. Hisses or Clicks 3. Common iguana, Chicken of the trees, bamboo chicken, or any other eligible confirmed nickname. SLIDE 3 1. Dipsosaurus dorsalis 2. Southwestern/Southern United States 3. Omnivore SLIDE 4 SLIDE 5 1. American Crocodile 2. 40 Eggs per nest 3. Male SLIDE 6 1. Heterodon 2. Upward tip of face or enlarged rear maxillary teeth 3. 1 to 2 months 4. Georgia SLIDE 7 1. Elapidae 2. Left 3. Red touching Yellow means poisonous 4. Red touching yellow, you’re a dead fellow. Red touching black, safe for Jack. (Or anything similar enough that makes sense) SLIDE 8 1. True 2. False 3. False 4. True 5. True 6. False 7. False 8. False 9. False SLIDE 9 1. Ensatina 2. Order: Caudata, Family: Plethodontidae, Genus: Ensatina 3. Up to 12,000ft 4. 3-5 inches 5. 2 ½ to 3 ½ years old SLIDE 10 1. Cricket Frog 2. Tadpole 3. Birds, Fish, any other eligible confirmed answer. SLIDE 11 1. Giant Salamander 2. Water 3. Any month in between August and September including both August and September 4. True 5. Critically endangered SLIDE 12 1. Soft Shelled Turtle 2. Trionychidae 3. 2-3 months 4. 50 years 5. Carnivore SLIDE 13 1. Tortise 2. Texas Tortoise, Gopher Tortoise, Aldabra Tortoise, Galapagos Tortoise, Mediterranean Tortoise, Redfoot Tortoise, Yellow Footed Tortoise, Russian Tortoise, Hinge Back Tortoise, Desert Tortoise, Star Tortoise, Spurred Tortoise, Leopard Tortoise, Burmese Mountain Tortoise, Common long-necked Tortoise, Murray River short-neck Tortoise, Krefft’s Tortoise, Western Swamp Tortoise, Macquarie Tortoise, or any other confirmed tortoise name is correct. 3. Ravens, Gila monsters, kit foxes, badgers, roadrunners, coyotes, fire ants, crows, snakes, fish, rats, pigs, or monitor lizards. 4. 60-100 years 5. False SLIDE 14 1. Brahminy Blind Snake 2. Indotyphlops braminus 3. Flowerpot snake, common blind snake, island blind snake, hawaiian blind snake, or any other confirmed nickname is correct. 4. Below ground 5. Carnivores SLIDE 15 1. 4-8 years 2. It is a warning sign to any other human or animal to stay away 3. Least concern 4. Yes 5. False SLIDE 16 1. F 2. B 3. G 4. E 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. J 9. I 10. H .

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On the Role of Plant Nurseries Introducing Indotyphlops Braminus
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